Solidago odora

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Solidago odora Arkansas.jpg

|genus = Solidago

|species = odora

| status = G5

| status_system = TNC

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|authority = Aiton

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-123696 The Plant List, Solidago odora Aiton ]

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|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

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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.{{PLANTS|id=SOOD|taxon=Solidago odora|accessdate=19 November 2015}} 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.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Solidago%20odora.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map] It flowers from July through October.

Subspecies include:[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=130659 Flora of North America, Solidago odora Aiton, 1789. Anise-scented or fragrant or sweet goldenrod ]Integrated Taxonomy Information System [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=36284 ITIS] Accessed Sept 28, 2014.{{GRIN | accessdate=September 28, 2014}}

• 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.{{cite book | author = Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoske | title = Cherokee Plants and Their Uses —A 400 Year History | location = Sylva, NC | publisher = Herald Publishing Co. | date = 1975 | page = 36}}

The leaves, which smell of licorice when crushed, can be made into a tea.{{cite book |last1=Niering |first1=William A. |authorlink1=William Niering| last2=Olmstead |first2=Nancy C. |title=The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region |year=1985 |orig-year=1979|publisher=Knopf |isbn=0-394-50432-1 |page=404}}