Scientific Name: Solidago sp.
Common Name: goldenrod
Family Name: Asteraceae
Origin: North America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Flowering cut plant, Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Cut flower or foliage, Floristry, Herb, Perennial border
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Sessile, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Serrate
Flowers: Head (capitulum), Yellow, Aug-Sep
Fruit: Cypsela (achene + calyx), Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Flower heads small, golden, arranged in a panicle-like inflorescence by late summer.