Solidago odora
Species of flowering plant
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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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Solidago |
| Species: | S. odora |
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Synonymy
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It can be found in habitats such as live oak woodlands, loblolly pine-sweetgum stands, and slashpine savannas.[5]
- 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]
Galls
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, 1869[11]