''Solidago faucibus'', the gorge goldenrod, is North American species of
flowering plants in the family
Asteraceae. It was recognized as a distinct species in 2003. It is found primarily in the southern
Appalachian Mountains of the southeastern United States, in the states of
Virginia,
West Virginia,
Kentucky,
Tennessee, and
South Carolina. It is found in
mesic
Mesic may refer to:
* Mesic, North Carolina, a town in the United States
* Mesic habitat, a type of habitat
See also
*Mesić (disambiguation)
*Mešić Mešić is a Bosnian surname, a patronymic derived from the masculine given name '' Meša'', it ...
forested gorges, often growing under ''
Tsuga canadensis''.
[
''Solidago faucibus'' is a perennial herb up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall, with a branching underground ]caudex
A caudex (plural: caudices) of a plant is a stem, but the term is also used to mean a rootstock and particularly a basal stem structure from which new growth arises.pages 456 and 695
In the strict sense of the term, meaning a stem, "caudex" is m ...
. Leaves very broad, almost round, up to 20 cm (8 inches) long, with large teeth along the edges. One plant can produce as many as 70 small yellow flower heads
A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...
in a branching array.Flora of North America, ''Solidago faucibus'' Wieboldt, 2003. Gorge goldenrod
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References
faucibus
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Plants described in 2003
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