General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 12 - 30 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 24 inches
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Erosion control
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: 2 months cold moist treatment
Depth to plant seed: Seed is small. Sow on soil surface.
Suitable for wintersowing
Other info: May germinate without stratification.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Pollinators: Wasps
Beetles
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Common Goldenrod
  • Goldenrod
  • Gray Goldenrod
  • Prairie Goldenrod
  • Old Field Goldenrod

Photo Gallery
Location: MacArthur Lake-Fort Bragg reservation, North Carolina
Date: September 8, 2022
Gray golden rod #326; RAB page 1092, 179-50-22; AG page 251, 55-1
Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022
Location: MacArthur Lake-Fort Bragg reservation, North Carolina
Date: September 8, 2022
Gray golden rod #326; RAB page 1092, 179-50-22; AG page 251, 55-1
Location: Hiking Trail In Fairfax :-)
Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022
Location: MacArthur Lake-Fort Bragg reservation, North Carolina
Date: September 8, 2022
Gray golden rod #326; RAB page 1092, 179-50-22; AG page 251, 55-1
Location: MacArthur Lake-Fort Bragg reservation, North Carolina
Date: September 8, 2022
Gray golden rod #326; RAB page 1092, 179-50-22; AG page 251, 55-1
Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022
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Location: Mississippi
Date: 2014-09-28
Entire plant of Old Field Goldenrod
Location: Mississippi
Date: 2014-09-28
This species of Solidago has a tendency to "nod"

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
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