Solidago tortifolia

Solidago tortifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. tortifolia
Binomial name
Solidago tortifolia Elliott
Natural range of Solidago tortifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: twistleaf goldenrod

Description

A description of Solidago tortifolia is provided in The Flora of North America.

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, S. tortifolia has been found in loamy sand around upper boarder of seasonally wet depression in a longleaf pine community; pine flatwoods; bordering slash pine plantations in deep sandy soil; next to sandy ridge; sandy soil bordering a mixed forest; scrub oak sand ridge; pond-pine flatwoods; sand pine scrub; longleaf pine-wiregrass scrub oak ridge; open boggy slope; border of live oak hammock near a river; fallow field on a sandy ridge; longleaf pine-wiregrass flat pineland (FSU Herbarium). In disturbed habitats, it has been found in loamy sand among roadside grasses; wet powerline corridors; sandy loam among rock ledges; sandy clearings; banks of swale between highway and railway; and railroad banks. Associated species include Aster concolor, Helianthus radula, Pityopsis graminifolia, Ceanothus microphyllus, Baptisia simplicifolia, Aster linarifolia, Eupatorium rotundifolium, Silphium compositifolium, Angelica dentata, Aster adnatus, Ilex glabra, and Sericocarpus tortifolius (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

It has been recorded flowering and fruiting January through November (FSU Herbarium).

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: Collectors: States and Counties: Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.