Seasonal Wild Flowers

Goldenrod

Solidago virgaurea

Asteraceae

July to September

It is found throughout the country except for parts of the East

Midlands and East Anglia.

For a map see the National Biodiversity Network Gateway

It grows in woods and hedgebanks and on heaths, banks, wet

rocky hillsides and coastal cliff-tops.

Goldenrod is a native, very variable - with many different ecotypes,

perennial herb, growing up to 75cm.

Flowerheads are up to 1cm and on spikes.

There are up to 12 ray florets, which are yellow and spreading.

The central disk florets are hermaphrodite, regularly-lobed petal

tubes.

Bracts are yellow green, linear and pointed.

Leaves are green, ovate to lanceolate and variously toothed.

Compare with Canadian Goldenrod, also July.

Goldenrod, Lune esruary, Lancashire

Flowerspike

Ray (petal-like)) and disk florets (tube-like)

Linear, pointed bracts

Leaves