Common name:
European goldenrod
Family:
Scientific name:
Solidago virgaurea
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK; less common only in some eastern areas
Height:
Up to 70 cm
Habitat:
Grassland, woodland, dunes, rocky places
Flowers:
Elongated, branched clusters of yellow flowerheads, attached by short pedicels. Flowerheads, up to 10 mm in diameter, have narrow, spreading ray florets and yellow disc florets, above a cylindrical involucre ringed by linear, pale green phyllaries, in several rows
Leaves:
Basal leaves are obovate, hairless, up to 10 cm long, lined with shallow teeth, attached by short stalks, while stem leaves are unstalked, narrowly lanceolate, generally with entire edges
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
