Solidago Fireworks

Solidago rugosa, Solidago Fireworks

Common Name: Rough Goldenrod,

Solidago Fireworks or rough-stemmed goldenrod or wrinkle-leaved goldenrod, features panicles of showy yellow flowers in late summer to fall (August to October). Flowers bloom at the ends of rough, hairy, often unbranched stems clad with hairy, ovate to lanceolate, medium to dark green leaves (to 4" long) with crenate to sharply serrate margins and broad-margined stalks. Deep pinnate veins give the leaves a rough and wrinkled appearance. The central stem is erect and densely hairy, typically rising to 3-5' tall. This goldenrod is native from NewFoundland to Ontario and Michigan south to Missouri, Texas and Georgia. In Missouri, it is found in the southeast corner of the State in wet ground of swales, swampy meadows, and thickets, along spring branches and streams, swampy woodland, wet places in prairies but sometimes on dry sandy knolls and ledges (Steyermark). Goldenrods are attractive to bees and butterflies. Goldenrods have been wrongfully accused of causing hay fever which is actually an allergic reaction to wind-borne pollen from other plants such as ragweed.Genus name comes from the Latin words solidus meaning whole and ago meaning to make in reference to the medicinal healing properties of some species plants.Specific epithet from Latin means wrinkled for the leaves.'Fireworks' features tiny, bright yellow flowers borne in dense, plume-like panicles on the ends of stiff, alternate-leaved stems typically growing 3-3.5' tall. Lacy flower panicles purportedly resemble fireworks, hence the cultivar name. Fall bloom period (September-October).

Zone: 4 to 8

Height: 3.00 to 3.50 feet

Spread: 2.50 to 3.00 feet

Bloom Time: September to October

Bloom Description: Yellow

Sun: Full sun

Water: Medium to wet

Maintenance: Low

Suggested Use: Rain Garden

Flower: Showy

Attracts: Butterflies

Tolerate: Deer, Clay Soil, Wet Soil