Solidago stricta
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Wand Goldenrod, Slender Goldenrod, Smooth Goldenrod
Asteraceae (Compositae)
Plant Specifics
Form: | Flower | |
Size: | 3-5 ft | |
Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
Flower Color: | Yellow | |
Fruit Color: | White | |
Phenology: | Winter dormant | |
Noted for: | Showy flowers |
Landscaping
Recommended Uses: | Wildflower garden. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Propagation: | Seed. Division (has minor spread by rhizomes). Seeds are available through the Florida Wildflowers Growers Cooperative. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Availability: | Native nurseries, FNPS plant sales, Seed, Specialty providers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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(Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Short very dry periods) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: | Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Short very dry periods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil or other substrate: | Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil pH: | Adaptable |
Ecology
Wildlife: |
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Insects: |
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Native Habitats: | Wet and coastal sites. Coastal scrub. Bogs, hydric and wet mesic flatwoods, ditches, coastal marshes. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
8A 8B 9A 9B
USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
Ethnobotany: | Goldenrods are wrongly accused of causing hay fever. They merely bloom at the same time as the real culprits such as ragweed. |