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Chrysoma pauciflosculosa

BUSH GOLDENROD

WOODY GOLDENROD

Florida native

 

A frequent low evergreen shrub of dunes, scrub and sandhills from Franklin County west through the Florida panhandle. The range includes the southeastern coastal states from Mississippi into North Carolina, where it is listed as endangered.
Chrysoma pauciflosculosa grows to about a meter (~3 ft.) tall, with glabrous stems that are round in cross section. Leaves are alternate, entire, elliptic to oblong, sessile and grayish-green from 2-6 cm (3/4 to 2-1/3 in.) long. Flowers are bright yellow, appearing mainly in the late summer and fall in clusters of numerous heads at the ends of branches.
Bush goldenrod is typically the first woody species to displace grasses on the inner dune ridges of the panhandle coast.

 
Chrysoma pauciflosculosa is a member of the Asteraceae - Aster family.
 

The Shrubs & Woody Vines of Florida

  Gil Nelson
 This volume - a companion to The Trees of Florida - is the first comprehensive guide to Florida's native and naturalized woody shrubs and vines.

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This book is organized as an easy to use field guide so that even a beginner can learn to identify plants. The line drawings that show a combination of typical leaves, fruits, and flowers, and the color photos, in combination with the detailed descriptions, are helpful in identifying species in the field. Useful information about using these plants in urban and suburban landscapes help make this guide useful to landscape architects and weekend gardeners, as well as the naturalist.







Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species

USDA Plant Profile for this species

Date record last modified:
Dec 01, 2010