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Chrysogonum virginianumChrysogonum virginianum

green-and-gold, golden knees

Photograph(s) by*: USFWS BES

Characteristics

Height: 0.5-1'
Flowers: Mar.-Jun.; yellow

Conditions *

Light: Full sun Partial shade Shade
Moisture: Dry Moist
Soil pH:
Soil type: Loamy

Habitat

open woods on limestone, rocky open woodland

Native to

Region: Coastal Piedmont Mountain *
States: MD VA WV

Wildlife

*

Notes

will bloom longer if kept moist

Groundcover


 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1333.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004