caesia

Solidago caesia, yellow, 24-36", August-September. This produces elegant, wand-shaped flowerheads atop slender, wiry, purplish stems with blue-green, linear leaves. Stems are fequently arching have the clusters of flowers scattered in the leaf axils with a large terminal cluster. This another shade tolerant goldenrod. Found in open woods and along woodland edges. Grows well in rich soils but tolerates dry soils. Full sun all the way to part shade. NATIVE. zones 4-9. "Blue-stemmed Goldenrod", "Wreath Goldenrod"