Solidago puberula

Classification	Dicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family (Traditional)	Asteraceae
Genus	Solidago
Species:	Solidago puberula Nutt.
Common Name	Downy Goldenrod
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Margins: serrate; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: head; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	6
Status	Native; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S2] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Elliott (KY), Harlan (KY), Letcher (KY), Montgomery (KY), Blount (TN), Carter (TN), Cocke (TN), Greene (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Monroe (TN), Polk (TN), Rutherford (TN), Unicoi (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, ETSU, MTSU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1969 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100290509	Montgomery	Kentucky		Julian Campbell	EKY Solidago puberula
31234100293032	Harlan	Kentucky		Ronald L. Jones	EKY Solidago puberula
31234100292042	Harlan	Kentucky		Ronald L. Jones	EKY Solidago puberula
31234100295896	Bell	Kentucky		Richard H. Hannan	EKY Solidago puberula
31234100295904	Elliott	Kentucky		Ronald L. Jones	EKY Solidago puberula
31234100295888	Blount	Tennessee	06 Oct 1990	V. E. McNeilus 90-974	EKY Solidago puberula
31234100295912	Carter	Tennessee	12 Sep 1979	B. Eugene Wofford 79-273	EKY Solidago puberula
31234100746914	Harlan	Kentucky		Martina Hines	EKY Solidago puberula
ETSU005058	Greene	Tennessee	18 Sep 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Solidago puberula
ETSU008135	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Solidago puberula
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	09 Oct 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Solidago puberula
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	23 Oct 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Solidago puberula
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	07 Sep 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Solidago puberula
ETSU005558	Greene	Tennessee	27 Aug 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Solidago puberula
N/A	Greene	Tennessee	16 Jul 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Solidago puberula
ETSU005467	Greene	Tennessee	18 Sep 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Solidago puberula
ETSU008136	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Solidago puberula
ETSU005318	Greene	Tennessee	27 Aug 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Solidago puberula
ETSU005320	Greene	Tennessee	27 Aug 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217459	Cocke	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217462	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217458	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217471	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217457	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217468	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217470	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217456	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217469	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217455	Carter	Tennessee	04 Oct 1969	Gary H. Morton 4367	TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217475	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217454	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217461	Greene	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217463	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217460	Greene	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217476	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217478	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217473	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217474	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217477	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217467	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0219058	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217464	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217453	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217465	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217472	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
ETSU013166	Unicoi	Tennessee		13835	ETSU Solidago puberula
ETSU025684	Johnson	Tennessee	12 Sep 2013	Foster Levy, Adam McCullough DOEM 0315	ETSU Solidago puberula
APSC0023164	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Solidago puberula
UCHT028257	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Solidago puberula
N/A		Tennessee		A. Ruth 723	UCHT Solidago puberula
UCHT038412	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Solidago puberula
APSC0023168	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Solidago puberula
ETSU027346		Tennessee	08 Oct 2018	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker 18438	ETSU Solidago puberula
APSC0068292	Harlan	Kentucky			APSC Solidago puberula
UCHT038414	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Solidago puberula
ETSU025707	Johnson	Tennessee	12 Sep 2013	Foster Levy, Adam McCullough DOEM 0339	ETSU Solidago puberula
TENN-V-0217466	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Solidago puberula
UCHT007622	Carter	Tennessee	04 Oct 1969	Gary H. Morton 4367	UCHT Solidago puberula
APSC0068291	Harlan	Kentucky			APSC Solidago puberula
APSC0035825	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Solidago puberula
APSC0035824	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Solidago puberula
APSC0112035	Harlan	Kentucky			APSC Solidago puberula
UCHT038415	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Solidago puberula
ETSU025675	Johnson	Tennessee	12 Sep 2013	Foster Levy, Adam McCullough DOEM 0306	ETSU Solidago puberula
ETSU009744	Johnson	Tennessee	28 Sep 2013	Frosty Levy 13749	ETSU Solidago puberula
APSC0112036	Letcher	Kentucky			APSC Solidago puberula
N/A		Tennessee		A. Ruth 723	UCHT Solidago puberula
MTSU022277	Rutherford	Tennessee	12 Apr 2009	Rachel Sellers 15	MTSU Solidago puberula
APSC0023165	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Solidago puberula
APSC0112037	Harlan	Kentucky			APSC Solidago puberula
ETSU009746	Unicoi	Tennessee	29 Sep 2013	Frosty Levy 13767	ETSU Solidago puberula
ETSU025658	Johnson	Tennessee	05 Sep 2013	Adam McCullough DOEM 0288	ETSU Solidago puberula
ETSU013161	Greene	Tennessee		RF2522	ETSU Solidago puberula
ETSU013168	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Solidago puberula

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Solidago puberula

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