Zigzag Goldenrod

Scientific Name:   Solidago flexicaulis


Stems zigzag. Aster family (flower heads composed of multiple florets, often disk flowers or both disk and ray flowers).

Photo of Zigzag Goldenrod Photo of Zigzag Goldenrod
Visits

Zigzag Goldenrod


Genus species: Solidago flexicaulis
Common Name: Zigzag Goldenrod
Family Name: Asteraceae  
Flowers of two basic types: 1) disk florets with tubular corollas, and 2) ray florets with ligulate corollas. Heads are composed of exclusively one type or the other (discoid or ligulate), or typically with disk florets in the center and ray florets around the perimeter; fruit an achene (or cypsela).
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Yellow
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom  
The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec