Naming
The species is sometimes grown as a perennial ornamental because of its showy flowers. It is usually propagated by root cuttings.Formal botanical varieties of wild populations:
⤷ ''Chrysogonum virginianum'' var. ''australe'' H.E.Ahles - Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana
⤷ ''Chrysogonum virginianum'' var. ''brevistolon'' G.L.Nesom - Georgia, Alabama, Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky
⤷ ''Chrysogonum virginianum'' var. ''virginianum'' - from New York to South Carolina, west to Kentucky + Ohio
''Chrysogonum virginianum'' is an herb up to 50 cm spreading by means of rhizomes. Flower heads are produced singly or in pairs, yellow, with both ray florets and disc florets.
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