Goldenrod
Goldenrod, Lune esruary, Lancashire
Flowerspike
Ray (petal-like)) and disk florets (tube-like)
Linear, pointed bracts
Leaves
Solidago virgaurea
Asteraceae
July to September
It is found throughout the country except for parts of the East
Midlands and East Anglia.
See the BSBI distribution map for Goldenrod
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.
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Goldenrod, Lune esruary, Lancashire
Flowerspike
Ray (petal-like)) and disk florets (tube-like)
Linear, pointed bracts
Leaves
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