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Mountain Decumbent Goldenrod

Solidago curtisii

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 21, February 25, March 23, April 37, May 37, June 22, July 18, August 17, September 27, October 22, November 17, December 19.
United States863
North Carolina280
Tennessee240
Virginia110
West Virginia76
Georgia49
Maryland32
South Carolina25
Kentucky16
Alabama14

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genusgoldenrods · Solidago

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Mountain Decumbent Goldenrod with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.