Solidago odora

Solidago odora
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)1
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. odora
Binomial name
Solidago odora Aiton
Synonyms2
Synonymy Aster odorus (Aiton) Kuntze 1791 not All. 1785 Solidago odora var. inodora A.Gray Solidago suaveolens Schöpf Aster commutatus Kuntze 1891 not (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray 1884 Solidago chapmanii Torr. & A.Gray Solidago odora var. chapmanii (A.Gray) Cronquist

Solidago odora, the sweet goldenrod, anisescented goldenrod or fragrant goldenrod, is a North American species of goldenrod within the family Asteraceae.³ The plant is native to the United States and Mexico, found in every coastal state from Veracruz to New Hampshire and as far inland as Ohio, Missouri, and Oklahoma.⁴ It flowers from July through October.

It can be found in habitats such as live oak woodlands, loblolly pine-sweetgum stands, and slashpine savannas.⁵

Subspecies include:⁶⁷⁸

• Solidago odora subsp. odora - most of species range
• Solidago odora subsp. chapmanii (Gray) Semple - Florida and Southern Georgia only

As a traditional medicine, Solidago odora has a variety of ethnobotanical uses, especially by the Cherokee.⁹

The leaves, which smell of licorice when crushed, can be made into a tea.¹⁰

This species is host to the following insect-induced galls:

• Eurosta lateralis (Wiedemann, 1830)
• Procecidochares atra (Loew, 1862) (summer and autumn generations)
• Calycomyza solidaginis Kaltenbach, 1869¹¹

Solidago odora is insect pollinated and is recorded to have been visited in northern Florida by Augochloropsis anonyma, Augochloropsis metallica, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, and Lasioglossum apopkense . ¹²