Common Name: Gray Goldenrod

Latin Name: Solidago nemoralis

Height: 2 feet tall

Duration: Perennial

Bloom Color: Yellow

Bloom Time: August - September

Water Use: Medium

Soil: Medium-Dry, Dry

Light Requirement: Full Sun, Part Shade

Spreads via seeds and division of mature plants (make sure each section has a bud and a root)

Host Plant: Caterpillars of several moth species including the Ruby Tiger Moth, Cream-edged Dichomeris Moth, Goldenrod Gall Moth, Blackberry Looper, and the Confused Eusarca - learn more here!

Pollinators: Both long-tongued and short-tongued bees (honey bees, little carpenter bees, Halictid bees, plasterer bee, and Andrenid bees), Sphecid and Vespid wasps, flies, butterflies, moths, and beetles.

Other Information: One of the shortest species of goldenrod, will grow in a difficult spot where little else will grow. The Eastern Goldfinch eats its seeds.