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Asteraceae Family - "Elm-leaved Goldenrod"

Solidago comes from the Latin word solido meaning "to strengthen; to make solid". Ulmifolia is the Latin word for "with leaves like an elm (Ulmus)".

Yellow to yellow-orange flowers in spreading clusters at the top of the plant bloom from August to October. Leaves resemble an elm leaf, coarsely toothed and soft with hairy undersides. Stem is smooth and hairless but flower stems are usually hairy. Reaches 2 to 4 1/2 feet and prefers dry woodlands and thickets through the northern Tallgrass region and eastward to Vermont.

No medicinal or food uses reported for S. ulmifolia.