Solidago buckleyi Torr. & A. Gray

Buckley's Goldenrod

Herb

Perennial

Vascular

One of our rarest goldenrods.

After the original publication in 1842 citing the type location in "interior of Alabama" no other specimens were seen from Alabama for over 160 years. However, it was found to be prevalent in southern Missouri, and to lesser extent southern Illinois, northern Arkansas and western Kentucky. In 2012, Semple and Gandhi designated a neotype from Missouri as no other Alabama material was available citing issues with a potential type fragment at NY. Solidago buckleyi was rediscovered in Alabama from Chandler Mountain in St. Clair County (Semple & Keener 2015) based on a specimen collected in 2007 (Keener #4013).--B. Keener

Native

Semple, J. C. and B. R. Keener. 2015. A recent collection of Solidago buckleyi in Alabama (Asteraceae: Astereae) and multivariate comparison of S. buckleyi, S. petiolaris var. petiolaris, and S. porteri. Phytoneuron 2016-15: 1-8.|||Semple, J.C. and K. Gandhi. 2012. Neotypification of Solidago buckleyi (Asteraceae: Astereae) and observations on its distribution. Phytoneuron 2012-111: 1-5.