The goldenrod's a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae. Description About 100 perennial species make up the genus Solidago, most being found in the meadows and pastures, along roads, ditches and waste areas in North America. There're a handful of species from each of Mexico, South America, and Eurasia. Goldenrods are easily recognized by their golden inflorescence with hundreds of small capitula, but some are spike-like and other have auxiliary racemes. They've slender stems, usua… (More on Goldenrod)