Seasonal Wild Flowers

Latin name

Chrysocoma coma aurea

Family

Asteraceae

Flowering season

May to December

English distribution

The garden plant found throughout the country.

The naturalised escape is found in the Isles of Scilly.

See the BSBI distribution map for Shrub Goldilocks

Habitat

It grows in dry, sandy places.

It is a neophyte, introduced from South Africa.

It is listed internationally as an invasive alien and a

garden thug.

Description

Shrub Goldilocks is a bushy, perennial herb, growing

up to 50cm.

Flower heads are up to 1cm across and made up of

yellow, rayless florets.

Leaves are linear.