Solidago odora

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.

Solidago odora
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. odora
Binomial name
Solidago odora Aiton
Synonyms[2]
Synonymy 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

Subspecies include:^[5][6][7]

• 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.^[8]

The leaves, which smell of licorice when crushed, can be made into a tea.^[9]

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^[10]