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The flower wrongly jailed for hay fever while ragweed laughs from the next field over.
means A tall North American wildflower with feathery clusters of tiny yellow flowers that bloom in late summer and fall.
from A plain English compound, exactly what it says: 'golden' for the bright yellow plumes and 'rod' for the straight, wand-like stems they sprout from. The 'rod' sense here is the old one meaning a slender shoot or stick — the same root that gives us fishing rod and lightning rod. The name has described this roadside plant in English for centuries, no mystery, no metaphor, just a golden stick standing in a field.
- innocent
- Its pollen is too heavy to fly up your nose
- state flower
- Kentucky and Nebraska claim it proudly
- rubber tries
- Edison bred goldenrod to make latex tires
- crayon ghost
- Crayola retired the goldenrod color in 2003
- bee diner
- A late-season buffet for hungry pollinators
solidago virgaurea — european goldenrod species, the most widespread across eurasia and north america
solidago canadensis — canadian goldenrod, invasive in europe since the 1600s, now dominates meadows
solidago gigantea — giant goldenrod native to eastern north america, reaches up to 6 feet tall