Solidago brachyphylla is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Dixie goldenrod. It is native to the southeastern United States, from southern Mississippi to the Carolinas.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapFlora of North America, Solidago brachyphylla Chapman ex Torrey & A. Gray, 1842. Dixie goldenrod
Solidago brachyphylla is a perennial herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall, with a thick underground rhizome. One plant can produce as many as 200 small yellow flower heads in a branched array at the top of the plant.
It can be found in habitats such as oak-pine-hickory uplands, in xeric oak woodlands, and scrub courses.Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: Ed Keppner, Lisa Keppner, Loran C. Anderson, Deborah Paul, R. S. Blaisdell, Richard S. Mitchell, R. Kral, A. F. Clewell, Gary R. Knight, R.K. Godfrey, Angus Gholson, Wilson Baker, Angela M. Reid, K. M. Robertson. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa.
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External links photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Alabama in 1897, isotype of Solidago brachyphylla Alabama Plant Atlas Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants