swap_horiz Gray Goldenrod Alternatives

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Rough Blazing Star

The Rough Blazing Star, *Liatris aspera*, is a striking wildflower found in prairie ecosystems of eastern North America....

Fall Composite Purple Spike

8.8 Great

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Dotted Blazing Star

Dotted Blazing Star is a prairie wildflower known for its striking purple flower spikes and remarkable drought tolerance...

Fall Composite Purple Prairie

8.7 Great

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Showy Goldenrod

Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) is considered one of the most ornamentally striking goldenrod species native to east...

Fall Composite Yellow Striking

8.6 Great

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Ox-eye Sunflower

Ox-eye Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides) is a long-blooming perennial native to central and eastern North America, wid...

Composite Yellow Summer Prairie

8.5 Great

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Wild Sunflower

Wild Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is the ancestor of all cultivated sunflowers, native to western North America, and wa...

Annual Composite Yellow Summer

8.4 Great

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Jerusalem Artichoke

Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) is a native North American sunflower species cultivated for its edible tubers...

Fall Composite Yellow Tall

8.3 Great

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Stiff Goldenrod

Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago rigida) is a prairie native of central and eastern North America, notable for its broad, flat-...

Fall Composite Yellow Prairie

8.3 Great

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Sweet Black-eyed Susan

Sweet Black-eyed Susan is a tall prairie wildflower native to the central United States, distinguished by its pleasant v...

Meadow Annual Composite Yellow

8.3 Great

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Prairie Coneflower

Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) is a native wildflower of North American prairies recognizable by its tall cyl...

Composite Yellow Summer Columnar

8.2 Great

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Seaside Goldenrod

Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) is a coastal wildflower of eastern North America, one of the few goldenrod spe...

Coastal Fall Composite Salt Tolerant

8.2 Great

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Brown-eyed Susan

Brown-eyed Susan, or Rudbeckia triloba, is a North American biennial noted for its profuse late-season blooms featuring...

Composite Yellow Summer Tall

8.2 Great

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Black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) is a North American flowering plant in the sunflower family, distinguished by its bri...

Meadow Composite Yellow Summer

8.0 Great

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Sweet Goldenrod

Sweet Goldenrod (Solidago odora) is an eastern North American wildflower whose anise-scented foliage was historically br...

Fall Composite Aromatic Yellow

8.0 Great

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Tall Coneflower

Tall Coneflower, native to eastern North America, is a massive perennial recognizable by its deeply cut leaves and large...

Composite Yellow Summer Woodland

8.0 Great

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Cutleaf Coneflower

Cutleaf Coneflower is a large North American wildflower notable for its deeply divided leaves and prominent cylindrical...

Composite Yellow Summer Woodland Edge

7.9 Good

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New England Aster

The New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) is a prominent herbaceous perennial native to eastern North America...

Meadow Fall Composite Purple

7.8 Good

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Zigzag Goldenrod

Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis) is a woodland perennial native to eastern North America, easily identified by it...

Fall Composite Yellow Woodland

7.7 Good

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Goat's Beard

Goat's Beard (Tragopogon pratensis) is a European meadow plant introduced to North America whose large dandelion-like se...

Meadow European Composite Yellow

7.4 Good

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New York Ironweed

New York ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) is a tall herbaceous perennial native to the eastern United States, distingu...

Meadow Fall Composite Tall

7.3 Good

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Canada Goldenrod

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) is a widespread herbaceous perennial native to North America, known for its tall...

Meadow Fall Composite Yellow

5.8 Mediocre