Solidago pulchra, the Carolina goldenrod, is a rare North American plant species in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina in the southeastern United States.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Solidago pulchra is a hairless perennial herb up to tall, with a branched woody rootstock. One plant can produce as many as 50 flowers in an elongated array. Ray flowers are yellow, 6-14 per head. Disk flowers number 12-30 per head. The species grows in moist, sandy depressions in pine woodlands.Flora of North America, Solidago pulchra Small, 1933. Carolina goldenrod
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