Zigzag Goldenrod - Solidago flexicaulis
Above: Zigzag Goldenrod in Thoreau Rain Garden in Madison, Wisconsin. (9/09/18).
Zigzag Goldenrod - Solidago flexicaulis
The Zigzag Goldenrod is a native that grows from 1 to 3 feet and blooms from August to September.
Its flowers are golden yellow with 3-5 petals. They are in ascending clusters 2 to 6 inches long at the top of the plant and also at the leaf axils (where the shoot grows out of the main stem) in the upper half of the plant.
The plant is called the "zigzag goldenrod" because the stem can zig and zag, changing direction at each node (leaf attachment point). But, the stem can also be straight.
Above: Zigzag Goldenrod in Thoreau Rain Garden in Madison, Wisconsin. (9/09/18).
For more information on the Zigzag Goldenrod, visit Wikipedia.
Or, visit the UW-Madison Wisconsin State Herbarium website page about Zigzag Goldenrod - Solidago flexicaulis.
Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Above: Zigzag Goldenrod by Duck Pond in Madison, Wisconsin. (9/16/22).
Above: Zigzag Goldenrod by Duck Pond in Madison, Wisconsin. (9/10/18).
Above: Zigzag Goldenrod by Duck Pond in Madison, Wisconsin. (9/23/19).
Above: Zigzag Goldenrod in Thoreau Rain Garden in Madison, Wisconsin. (9/20/20).
Above: Zigzag Goldenrod specimen collected September 27, 1934 on banks of Lake Geneva at Camp Eleanor in Williams Bay.
