Solidago odora subsp. chapmanii
(A. Gray) Semple
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves - tea
The leaves are brewed as tea.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Canada, North America, USA,
How to Identify
A herb in the Asteraceae family found in temperate regions.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Solidago odora, the sweet goldenrod, anisescented goldenrod or fragrant goldenrod, is a North American species of goldenrod within the family Asteraceae. 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. It flowers from July through October. It can be found in habitats such as live oak woodlands, loblolly pine-sweetgum stands, and slashpine savannas. Subspecies include: 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. The leaves, which smell of licorice when crushed, can be made into a tea.
References (1)
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 828
