''Euthamia caroliniana'', known as Carolina grass-leaved goldenrod or slender goldentop is a

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

in the genus ''

Euthamia ''Euthamia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are known as goldentops''Euthamia'' ...

'', a member of the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. It is listed as Vulnerable due to habitat loss and disturbance within its range.

Distribution

''Euthamia caroliniana'' is found primarily on the

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between

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and eastern

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. It also has populations in the

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region and around

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. Inland populations are also known from

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. Within its range, it can be found in open sandy areas, such as powerline cuts in pine barrens.

Identification

Along the east coast, Carolina Goldentops only overlap with Grass-leaved Goldentop, which has wider leaves with one to three conspicuous veins (versus narrow leaves with only one vein in Carolina Goldentops). It also overlaps with Great Plains Goldentop in the western Great Lakes and along Gulf Coast and Bushy Goldentop along the Gulf Coast.

Galls

This species is host to the following insect induced galls: * '' Asteromyia euthamiae'' Gagné, 1968 This midge forms black spots on leaf blades * '' Rhopalomyia fusiformae'' Felt, 1907 Small galls by a fly larvae on leaves, stems and flowers
external link to gallformers

References

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