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Solidago ludoviciana
Louisiana goldenrod is a native North American perennial wildflower in the daisy family, found in dry open woods and sunny roadsides. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, and can grow up to about 1.5 m tall with sprays of small yellow flowers.
Solidago ludoviciana, the Louisiana goldenrod, is a North American plant species in the family Asteraceae native to Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. It can be found in dry open woods and along roadsides and other sunny, disturbed locations.
Solidago ludoviciana can be as tall as 150 cm (5 feet). It has round to elliptic leaves and open panicles of yellow flower heads. One plant can produce as many as 140 small heads
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Solidago ludoviciana 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.
