Golden-knee facts for kids

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"Goldenstar" redirects here. For other plants known as goldenstar, see Bloomeria.

Quick facts for kids Chrysogonum virginianum

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Chrysogonum
Species:	C. virginianum
Binomial name
*Chrysogonum virginianum* L.
Synonyms
Chrysogonum australe Alexander ex Small, syn of var. australe Diotostephus repens Cass., syn of var. brevistolon

Chrysogonum virginianum, the golden-knee, green and gold, or goldenstar, is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the eastern United States from New York State and Rhode Island south to Louisiana and the Florida Panhandle.

The species is sometimes grown as a perennial ornamental because of its showy flowers. It is usually propagated by root cuttings.

Varieties

Formal botanical varieties of wild populations:

Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe (Alexander ex Small) H.E.Ahles - Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana
Chrysogonum virginianum var. brevistolon G.L.Nesom - Georgia, Alabama, Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky
Chrysogonum virginianum var. virginianum - from New York to South Carolina, west to Kentucky + Ohio

Chrysogonum virginianum is an herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) spreading by means of rhizomes. Flower heads are produced singly or in pairs, yellow, with both ray florets and disc florets.

Leaf closeup
A picture of Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe

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