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Early goldenrod

Solidago juncea

Also called Sharp Toothed Goldenrod, Smooth Goldenrod

Early goldenrod
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain

Solidago juncea, early goldenrod, is a North American perennial herb in the daisy family, native to eastern and central Canada and the eastern and central United States. It is grown in gardens for its showy clusters of small yellow flowers and spreads by underground rhizomes.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then once the plant is settled it tolerates average moisture and moderate dry spells.
Soil
Average to well-drained garden soil, tolerant of a range of soil types.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; cold-hardy to roughly USDA zones 3 to 8.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. & E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Solidago juncea, the early goldenrod, plume golden-rod, or yellow top, is a North American species of herbaceous perennial plants of the family Asteraceae native to eastern and central Canada and eastern and central United States. It grows from Nova Scotia west to Manitoba and Minnesota south as far as northern Georgia and northern Arkansas, with a few isolated populations in Louisiana and Oklahoma.

Solidago juncea is a perennial herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves around the base of the plant can be as much as 30 cm (1 foot) long, the leaves getting smaller higher on the stem. One plant can produce as many as 450 small yellow flower heads in a large, showy array.

Other Solidago plants

Canada goldenrod · Giant goldenrod · Wrinkleleaf goldenrod · Seaside goldenrod · Short's goldenrod · Goldenrod

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Solidago juncea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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