Solidago nemoralis
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Photos Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Solidago nemoralis |
| Common name: | gray goldenrod |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | to 2 1/2' |
| Foliage: | stem reddish or greyish green, covered with short white hairs; pubescent alternate leaves, taper to a petiole-like narrow base, winged leaflets |
| Flower: | yellow, compound, 1/4" across; 4-10 ray florest around the disk florets |
| Flowering time: | fall |
| Habitat: | dry soils, fields, eroded banks, railroads |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc.: | Visited by numerous bees, both short and long tongues; Sphecid and Vespid wasps; flies; butterlies, moths, beetles. It is larval food for various moths. Goldfinch will eat the seeds.Source: Illinois wildflowers |