Chrysogonum

(Chrysogonum virginianum)

 

Color Photograph: © by and courtesy of R.A. Howard, Smithsonian Institution

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Chrysogonum (Chrysogonum virginianum)

Identification: A low plant with both flower stalks and leaves arising near the base of the plant. Flowers sunflowerlike with 5 rounded ray florets. Stems hairy. Leaves heart-shaped, covered with fine hair. Plant low, 2 inches to 1.5 feet in height.

Distribution: Southern Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania, southward to Florida and Louisiana.

Habitat: Chrysogonum is found in wet, dark woods.

Flowering period: April to June.

Comment: Chrysogonum also goes by the common name of Green and Gold and is a common ornamental plant in gardens.

Chrysogonum (Chrysogonum virginianum)

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The early spring flowers and low habitus of the plant should immediately separate this species from other composites.

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