Chrysogonum virginianum ‘Allen Bush’ (Green and gold)

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Chrysogonum virginianum ‘Allen Bush’

Green and gold

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
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”
Cultivar	‘Allen Bush’	For botanist Allen Bush

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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: Plants are less than 8" (20 cm) in height (more compact than the native species), spreading via underground stolons to form mats. Leaves are hairy, alternate, roughly egg-shaped (elliptic-ovate to deltate-ovate), ⅞-4" (2.5-10 cm) long, with crenate margins. Flowers are composite flowers—composed of a central yellow circle of 25-50 disc florets surrounded by 5 yellow ray flowers. This cultivar has many more flowers than the native species. They bloom from March to June.

Online References:

Discover Life (Chrysogonum virginianum)

Www.jeffpippen.com (Chrysogonum virginianum)

Blogs.scottarboretum.org

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (Chrysogonum virginianum)

ZipcodeZoo.com (Chrysogonum virginianum)

Chrysogonum virginianum ‘Allen Bush’ description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

6/17/2012 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine
≈ 11 × 9" (28 × 23 cm)

Range: Zones 5a-8b:

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