Solidago arguta

Aiton

Hort. Kew. 3: 213. 1789.

Common names: Cut-leaf or sharp-leaved or Atlantic goldenrod
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Aster argutus (Aiton) Kuntze
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 131. Mentioned on page 130, 132, 133.

Plants 50–120 cm; caudices branching. Stems 1 usually, erect, round, proximally glabrous, strigose in arrays. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline tapering abruptly to winged, thin petioles, blades broadly ovate, 100–300 × 30–100 mm, margins sharply serrate, apices acute to acuminate, adaxial faces glabrous or slightly scabrous, or sometimes strigose or strigillose; mid to distal cauline sessile, lanceolate, 50–72 × 10–14 mm, reduced distally, becoming entire. Heads 25–250, secund, in open, leafy, paniculiform arrays with recurved branches (sometimes elongate), branches and peduncles hairy. Peduncles 1.5–3 mm, glabrous or moderately short hispido-strigose, bracteoles 1–5, lanceolate-oblong, often grading into phyllaries. Involucres 2.5–4.5(–5) mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series, unequal; outer ovate, acute, inner linear-oblong, ciliate, obtuse. Ray florets 2–8; laminae 4–4.5 × 0.4–0.6 mm. Disc florets 8–20; corollas 3.5–4 mm, lobes 0.6–1.5 mm. Cypselae 1.5–2 mm, distinctly ridged, glabrous or strigose distally; pappi 3–3.5 mm.

Distribution

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Ont., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Md., Miss., Mo., N.C., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Okla., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., Vt., W.Va.

Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

Solidago arguta is reputedly in Ohio but its presence there is unconfirmed. The species includes a number of regional and ecotypal races investigated by G. H. Morton (1973, 1975). A. Cronquist (1980) is followed here.

Key

1 Cypselae glabrous; s Maine to Virginia, w to Kentucky, Tennessee, and s Missouri Solidago arguta var. arguta
1 Cypselae strigillose (at least distally); Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, south > 2
2 Leaves relatively firm, the basal usually proximally ± truncate; (shale barrens) e Kentucky, w Maryland, w Pennsylvnia, w Virginia, e WestVirginia Solidago arguta var. harrisii
2 Leaves less firm, the basal tapering; Virginia to n Florida, w to Kentucky, occasional in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri > 3
3 Leaves glabrous; Virginia to n Florida, w to West Virginia, Kentucky and occasionally to s Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana Solidago arguta var. caroliniana
3 Leaves (especially the proximal) strigose or strigillose; (drier places) Alabama to South Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, s Missouri, Tennessee Solidago arguta var. boottii
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John C. Semple +  and Rachel E. Cook +
Argutae +
Cut-leaf or sharp-leaved or Atlantic goldenrod +
Ont. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Md. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +, Vt. +  and W.Va. +
morton1973a +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Aster argutus +
Solidago arguta +
Solidago (sect. Solidago) ser. Argutae +
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