Chrysogonum virginianum ‘Allen Bush’
Green and gold
This is a cultivar of golden star. The natural species is a North American native. It is a low ground cover with showy flowers.
Identification: Leaves are Flowers are
Plants: These perennials are less than 8″ (20 cm) in height (more compact than the native species), spreading via underground stolons to form mats.
Leaves: Hairy, alternate, roughly egg-shaped (elliptic-ovate to deltate-ovate), ⅞–4″ (2.5–10 cm) long, with crenate margins.
Flowers: composite flowers—composed of a central yellow circle of 25-50 disc florets surrounded by 5 yellow rounded slightly notched ray florets. This cultivar has many more flowers than the native species. They bloom from March to June.
Fruits: Purple fruits dry to capsules.
Habitats: The natural species are native to woodlands.
Online References:
Discover Life (Chrysogonum virginianum)
North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees, by Jeff Pippen (Chrysogonum virginianum)
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (Chrysogonum virginianum)
6/17/2012 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 11 × 9″ (28 × 23 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Asterales | Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies |
| Family | Asteraceae | The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers |
| Genus | Chrysogonum | Probably means roughly “golden star” |
| Species | virginianum | “Of or from Virginia” |
Chrysogonum virginianum ‘Allen Bush’ description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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