Common name:
Canadian goldenrod
Family:
Scientific name:
Solidago canadensis
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered areas of Wales, England and southern Scotland; a naturalised species
Height:
Up to 2 m
Habitat:
Waste ground, roadsides, damp grassland
Flowers:
Dense, branched, arching, one-sided clusters of many small (5 mm diameter) flowerheads atop tall, leafy, downy stems. Flowerheads are formed of between eight and 14 ray florets, between three and six very short ray florets, and several rows of pale green, hairless phyllaries
Leaves:
Narrowly lanceolate, hairless, toothed, with a midvein and two parallel side veins
Season:
July to October
Rarity:
★★★★★