Solidago odora var. chapmanii
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Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 8B 9A 9B
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Chapman's Goldenrod
Asteraceae (Compositae)
Also known as Solidago chapmanii
Plant Specifics
| Size: | 3-5 ft tall by 1-3 ft wide | |
| Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
| Flower Color: | Yellow | |
| Fruit Color: | White | |
| Phenology: | Flowers summer-fall. | |
| Habitats: | Typically a plant of mesic to dry flatwoods and scrubby flatwoods. Can be ruderal. |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Wildflower garden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| Moisture Tolerance: | Short very dry periods ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Spray Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil/Substrate: | Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wildlife
- Songbirds such as goldfinches and sparrows eat the seeds, and mice and deer browse the foliage and flowers.
- Provides cover for many small animals including but not limited to lizzards, skinks, snakes, and mice.
- Used for nectar by butterflies.
- Attracts a wide variety of pollinators, especially bees. Documented bee visitors include Colletes maizdibzclaris, Perdita graenicheri, Agapostelnon splendens, Augochlorellaaurata,Az~gochloropsis metallica, A. sumnptuosa, Dialictus coreopsis, D. nytnphalis, D. placidensis, Halictus ligatus, Sphecodes heraclei, Dianthidiz~ln floridiense, Megachile albitarsis, M. tnendica, M. texana and Apis mellifera (honeybee) (Deyrup et al. 2002). The goldenrod soldier beetle (a.k.a. leatherwing beetle(, Chauliognathus pensylvanicus is a goldenrod pollinator (FL Wildflower Foundation).
- Is a larval food for some lepidopterans, mostly moths.