Plant types and subtypes: Perennials
Light Requirements: sun, part-sun
Water Use: medium
Soil Moisture: dry, moist
Soil Description: neutral, rich, average, poor, loam, sand, gravel/rock
Height: 1'-2'
Bloom Time: August, September, October
Bloom Color: yellow
Leaf Color: green
Hardiness Zone: 5, 6, 7
Additional Tags: attracts bees, attracts butterflies, colonizing, cottage garden plant, cut flowers, naturalizing, rock garden plant

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Description
Solidago sphacelata
Also known as:autumn goldenrod
,false goldenrod
Brachychaeta sphacelata
Description
At 2' tall, Solidago sphacelata is a medium height, compact flowering ornamental. It produces stiff arching stems, terminally divided to bear plumes of small yellow flowers. These will put on quite a show in late summer through mid-fall. The foliage is dark-green, heart-shaped, and dense.
Cultivation
Autumn goldenrod is easy to grow. It performs wonderfully in typical, moist, well-drained, rich garden settings, such as are found in cottage gardens. Yet it is also tolerant of dry conditions and poor soil. A good choice for a sunny rock garden, or dry perennial flower border. It spreads by rhizomes, forming dense colonies that can be an effective groundcover. Blooms August to October. Zones 5-7
Propagation
Propagate from seed in fall, or by division in spring.
Additional Notes
It has been falsely believed that goldenrods cause hay fever, when in fact it is the pollen from other concurrent plants, such as ragweed, that are causing allergic reactions.
Native Range & Classification
Recorded County Distribution: USDA data
Native Range:
AL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MS, NC, OH, TN, VA, WV
USDA Endangered Status:
- Endangered: OH
Classification
Kingdom | Plantae | Plants | |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants | |
Superdivision | Spermatophyta | Seed plants | |
Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants | |
Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons | |
Subclass | Asteridae | ||
Order | Asterales | ||
Family | Asteraceae | Aster family | |
Genus | Solidago | goldenrod | |
Species | Solidago sphacelata | autumn goldenrod |