Solidago virgaurea

Plant Characteristics

Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Width:	⇔	24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun, part-sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		5 to 9
Flower features:	❀	orange, yellow

Scientific Names

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Solidago virgaurea (goldenrod or woundwort) is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae. It is grown as a garden flower with many different cultivars. It flowers profusely in late summer.

Read about Solidago virgaurea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Solidago virgaurea, Linn. European Goldenrod. A rough simple-stemmed but stout perennial 1-3 ft. high: basal lvs. 4-7 in. long, 2 – 2 1/2 in. wide, obtuse or acute; upper lvs. sessile or narrowed into margined petioles: fls. in a dense terminal, rather narrow and often interrupted thyrsus which is often 8-10 in. long: bracts of the involucre acute or acutish. Eu.—One of the best garden plants of the group. A prostrate form is offered. S. cambrica, Huds., is a compact and dwarf form, 6 in. or less high, with larger heads. S. Virgaurea is represented in the U. S. by S. Cutleri, Fern. (S. Virgaurea var. alpina, Bigel.), in the highest alpine districts of N. New England and N. Y.; this American species appears not to be in the trade. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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