Canada Goldenrod, Solidago canadensis L., Native Minnesota Wildflower plant, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	Canada Goldenrod	Solidago canadensis (L.) var. scabra Torr. & Gray	Aster (Composite)	Upland	Late Summer to Autumn
Other names and notes	This is the most common roadside Goldenrod. It grows from 1 to 5 feet high. The flower heads are less than 1/8 inch long. Leaves are narrow and lance shaped with sharp teeth, larger leaves with two noticeable veins parallel to the mid-rib. The stem is smooth below and downy above.


Blooming plants of mid-August. This is an early blooming Goldenrod in the Upland Garden.

Notes: This plant is indigenous to the Garden area. Eloise Butler catalogued it on Sept. 6, 1907. It was listed on Martha Crone's 1951 inventory of plants in the Garden at that time. This is one of the most wide spread plants, occurring in most of Canada and all states of the U.S. except the very SE corner. It is native to Minnesota in most counties.

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References: Plant characteristics are generally from sources 15, 16, 30, 31, 33, W2 & W3. Distribution principally from W2 and also 31, 34 and W1. Planting history generally from 1, 4 & 4a. Other sources by specific reference. See Reference List for details.

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