Solidago mexicana

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Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Solidago mexicana L.
Common Name:Southern Seaside Goldenrod
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Southern Seaside Goldenrod is a native herbaceous perennial in the Sunflower family. It is native to coastal areas of Alabama. Southern Seaside Goldenrod occurs on dunes, in coastal marshes, and in maritime forests near the coast. It is a perennial reaching 4-6 feet in height. Leaves are basal and cauline. Basal and lower cauline leaves are petiolate with winged petioles, lanceolate to oblanceolate in outline, entire, and glabrous. The basal leaves form a rosette that is present at flowering. The leaves are thick and somewhat fleshy in texture. Upper leaves are smaller in size and sessile. Flowers are produced in heads. The heads are arranged in second panicles. Each head has 7-11 yellow ray flowers and 10-16 yellow disc flowers. The fruit is an achene. Until recently Southern Seaside Goldenrod was included within Solidago sempervirens Linnaeus where it was treated as a variety or subspecies. Solidago sempervirens sensu stricto occurs from North Carolina northwards while Solidago mexicana occurs from North Carolina southwards into Mexico.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:Specimens below identified as S. sempervirens should be reevaluated and are probably identifiable with S. mexicana. After Semple et al (2016), it appears that S. sempervirens is not an element of the Alabama flora.
Status:Native
References:Semple, J.C., T. Shea, H. Rahman, Y. Ma, and K. Kornobis. 2016. A multivariate study of the Solidago sempervirens complex (Asteraceae: Astereae: S. subsect. Maritimae). Phytoneuron 2016-73. 1-31.
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Solidago
Species Solidago mexicana L. - Southern Seaside Goldenrod

Citation

Citation Solidago mexicana Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 879. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: MEXICO: Cult. in Netherlands, without data, Herb. Clifford 409, Solidago 1 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Semple, Sida 20: 1615. 2003.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Aster mexicanus Aster mexicanus (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 318. 1891.Solidago mexicana Linnaeus 1753. 
Aster sempervirens Aster sempervirens (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 318. 1891. Solidago sempervirens Linnaeus 1753. 
Solidago sempervirens ssp. mexicana Solidago sempervirens Linnaeus, subsp. mexicana (Linnaeus) Semple, Sida 20: 1615. 2003.Solidago mexicana Linnaeus 1753. 
Solidago sempervirens var. mexicana Solidago sempervirens Linnaeus, var. mexicana (Linnaeus) Fernald, Rhodora 37: 447. 1935.Solidago mexicana Linnaeus 1753. 

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; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Mobile

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, NY, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1894 - 1896

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UNA00049555 19 Oct 1896 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Solidago sempervirens L. var. mexicana (L.) Fern.
JSU123106 Mobile 28 Mar 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
1222		 JSU
Solidago sempervirens Linnaeus var. mexicana (Linnaeus) Fernald
USAM000002746 Mobile 13 Oct 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7361		 USAM
Solidago sempervirens Linnaeus
UNA00059615 Baldwin 10 Nov 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
8006		 UNA
Solidago sempervirens L. var. mexicana (L.) Fern.
UWAL0044307 Baldwin 03 Dec 2001 Larsen, Harry S.
790		 UWAL
Solidago mexicana L.
USAM000002745 Mobile 19 Mar 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4223		 USAM
Solidago sempervirens Linnaeus
UNA00049556 10 Oct 1894 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Solidago sempervirens L. var. mexicana (L.) Fern.
TROY000002905 Baldwin 11 May 2005 Hansen, Curtis J.
1774		 TROY
Solidago sempervirens Linnaeus
NY02371671 Mobile 22-Oct-69 Robert Kral
38284		 NY
Solidago sempervirens Linnaeus
ALNHS00000048 Mobile 03 Oct 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10439		 ALNHS
Solidago mexicana (L.)
UWAL0044306 Baldwin 09 Jun 2002 Larsen, Harry S.
991		 UWAL
Solidago mexicana L.
USAM000002744 Mobile 08 Nov 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8896		 USAM
Solidago sempervirens Linnaeus
AUA000024478 Baldwin 11 May 2005 Hansen, Curtis J.
1774		 AUA
Solidago Sempervirens L.
TROY000002906 Mobile 08 Nov 1980 Kral, Robert
66621		 TROY
Solidago sempervirens Linnaeus
JSU123107 Mobile 14 Oct 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12769		 JSU
Solidago sempervirens Linnaeus var. mexicana (Linnaeus) Fernald
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