Solidago tarda Mack. ex Small

Much like S. arguta var. caroliniana, but with well developed, slender, stoloniform rhizomes in addition to the more deep-seated main rhizome or short caudex; lvs glabrous or occasionally strigose, the lower mostly ovate, acute or acuminate, with truncate to obtuse base; upper cauline lvs gradually reduced; 2n=54. In sandy soil in more xeric places than no. 28 [Solidago arguta Aiton]; s. N.J. and se. Pa. to n. Fla. and Ala., mainly on the coastal plain. (S. ludoviciana, in part)