[2] 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.

[3] It flowers from July through October.

Subspecies include:[4][5][6] As a traditional medicine, Solidago odora has a variety of ethnobotanical uses, especially by the Cherokee.

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

[8] This species is host to the following insect induced galls: