Solidago pulchra

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Solidago pulchra, the Carolina goldenrod,{{PLANTS|id=SOPU3|taxon=Solidago pulchra|accessdate=19 November 2015}} is a rare North American plant species in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina in the southeastern United States.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Solidago%20pulchra.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]

Solidago pulchra is a hairless perennial herb up to {{convert|80|cm|round=5|sp=us|abbr=off}} tall, with a branched woody rootstock. One plant can produce as many as 50 flowers in an elongated array. Ray flowers are yellow, 6-14 per head. Disk flowers number 12-30 per head. The species grows in moist, sandy depressions in pine woodlands.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067566 Flora of North America, Solidago pulchra Small, 1933. Carolina goldenrod ]