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Solidago spithamaea
Also called Skunk Goldenrod
Solidago spithamaea is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Blue Ridge goldenrod. It is native to a very small region around the border between North Carolina and Tennessee in the United States. Its three remaining populations are threatened by the loss and degradation of its habitat. It is a federally listed threatened species of the United States.
Solidago spithamaea grows on the high summits of the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. There is one population each in Avery and Mitchell Counties in North Carolina and Carter County, Tennessee, a region measuring about 15 square miles (38 km2). It can be found on Grandfather Mountain, Hanging Rock, and Roan Mountain. It grows on rocky peaks, cliffs, and slopes covered in talus.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Solidago spithamaea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
