Solidago virgaurea

Solidago virgaurea (European goldenrod or woundwort) is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across most of Europe as well as North Africa and northern, central, and southwestern Asia (China, Russia, India, Turkey, Kazakhstan, etc.). It is grown as a garden flower with many different cultivars. It flowers profusely in late summer.
Solidago virgaurea is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall, with a branching underground caudex and a woody rhizome. It produces arrays of numerous small yellow flower heads at the top of the stem.
Subspecies and varietiesSolidago virgaurea subsp. alpestris (Waldst. & Kit.) Gremli
Solidago virgaurea subsp. armena (Grossh.) Greuter
Solidago virgaurea subsp. asiatica Kitam. ex Hara
Solidago virgaurea var. calcicola Fernald
Solidago virgaurea subsp. caucasica (Kem.-Nath.) Greuter
Solidago virgaurea subsp. dahurica (Kitag.) Kitag.
Solidago virgaurea subsp. gigantea (Nakai) Kitam.
Solidago virgaurea var. insularis (Kitam.) Hara
Solidago virgaurea subsp. jailarum (Juz.) Tzvelev
Solidago virgaurea subsp. lapponica (With.) Tzvelev
Solidago virgaurea subsp. macrorrhiza (Lange) Nyman
Solidago virgaurea subsp. minuta (L.) Arcang.
Solidago virgaurea subsp. stenophylla (G.E.Schultz) Tzvelev
Solidago virgaurea subsp. talyschensis (Tzvelev) Sennikov
Solidago virgaurea subsp. taurica (Juz.) Tzvelev
Solidago virgaurea subsp. turfosa (Woronow ex Grossh.) Greuter
Solidago virgaurea subsp. virgaurea
Solidago virgaurea var. virgaurea

Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.

Solidago Virgaurea

Solidago virgaurea

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