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Solidago sempervirens
Also called Salt Marsh Goldenrod, Evergreen Goldenrod, Northern Seaside Goldenrod, Seacoast Goldenrod
Seaside goldenrod is a salt-tolerant, succulent-leaved perennial of coastal dunes and salt marshes, grown for its late-season yellow flower plumes. It needs full sun and well-drained or moist sandy soil, and tolerates salt spray better than most garden plants.
Solidago sempervirens, the seaside goldenrod or salt-marsh goldenrod, is a plant species in the genus Solidago of the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern North America and parts of the Caribbean. It is an introduced species in the Great Lakes region. Similar plants found in the Azores (now Solidago azorica) are thought have evolved from a natural introduction of this species.
In nature, S. sempervirens is primarily a plant of the seashore, and is accordingly found along coasts of the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico from Central America north as far as Newfoundland. It grows on sand dunes, salt marshes, and the banks of estuaries. It is naturally found inland along the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes, and has expanded its range further inland along roadsides over the past 30 years. It is highly tolerant of both saline soils and salt spray, and is usually found growing on coastal dunes and in salt marshes.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Solidago sempervirens 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.
