Golden Star
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Southeastern North America
Location
Source of plant
North Creek Nurseries
Description
Chrysogonum virginianum is a rhizomatous, low-growing perennial which typically forms a foliage mat to 3-4 tall spreading to 18" wide or more. It is native to woodland areas from Pennsylvania to Florida and Louisiana. Star-shaped, daisy-like, bright yellow flowers (to 1.5 diameter) on stems originating in the leaf axils, bloom spring to fall in cool summer climates. Flowering stems rise above the foliage mat to a height of 8-10" tall. Each flower has five, rounded, slightly-notched, yellow petals and a center tuft of yellow disk flowers. Ovate, toothed, bright green leaves to 3 long.Var. australe differs from the species in two main regards: (1) it is a more prostrate form with shorter flower stems and (2) it spreads more rapidly by above-ground stolons which periodically root at the ends in somewhat the same manner as a strawberry (the species, by contrast, spreads more slowly by underground rhizome.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5