Green-and-gold

Description:

A showy plant with yellow, daisy-like flower heads on very hairy stems. Green-and-Gold is a perennial herb with opposite, oval, hairy leaves and clusters of star-shaped yellow flowers blooming for long periods atop the tight clump of foliage. It is a highly variable species: the northern variety is taller and more upright; the southern one prostrate and creeping.

Habitat:

USA: AL , DC , FL , GA , KY , LA , MD , MS , NC , NY , OH , PA , SC , TN , VA , WV Native Distribution: S. PA and s.e. OH to GA & TN Native Habitat: Woodlands

Notes:

Spotted growing on a hillside in the mountains of Ellijay, GA.