Intro: Erect to ascending perennial of dry forests and woodlands, old fields and roadsides.

Stems: Stems branched above in the inflorescence and covered in long, white hairs.

Leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, oblong-lance-shaped to elliptic, short-petiolate or sessile, 3/4-4 1/2 in. long (stem leaves shorter), covered with long white hairs.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a dense, branched, terminal cluster; heads 3/4-1 1/2 in. wide, consisting of 12-25 golden yellow ray florets encircling a darker yellow central disk of many tiny, tubular florets. Whorls of tiny, green, pointed bracts bearing stalked glands surround the bell-shaped base of each head.

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Height: 1-2 ft.

plant sale text: Maryland golden-aster is a Southeastern native perennial that brightens the fall garden. Golden-yellow daisy flowers with yellow centers are borne on loosely branched stems above a rosette of handsome foliage. This species is typically found growing in sandy or clay soils and in pine forests throughout the southeastern United States. It is easy to grow in poorer soils, as long as there is good drainage. Chrysopsis mariana is our 2018 Wildflower of the Year!

bloom table text:

description: Erect to ascending perennial of dry forests and woodlands, old fields and roadsides.

stems: Stems branched above in the inflorescence and covered in long, white hairs.

leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, oblong-lance-shaped to elliptic, short-petiolate or sessile, 3/4-4 1/2 in. long (stem leaves shorter), covered with long white hairs.

inflorescence:

flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a dense, branched, terminal cluster; heads 3/4-1 1/2 in. wide, consisting of 12-25 golden yellow ray florets encircling a darker yellow central disk of many tiny, tubular florets. Whorls of tiny, green, pointed bracts bearing stalked glands surround the bell-shaped base of each head.

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cultural notes:

germination code: 2

native range: eastern United States