Everwilde Farms - 1000 Golden Aster Native Wildflower Seeds - Gold Vault Jumbo Bulk Seed Packet

This hardy native perennial gives off a spicy sage aroma. Blooming all summer long, these bright yellow flowers contrast with the silvery-green foliage. In 1811, botanist Thomas Nuttall collected the first known specimen of this wildflower on the Astor Expedition up the Missouri River. Nuttall, an Englishman who lived and worked in America for many years, documented many native species formerly unknown to science. The genus name "Heterotheca" means "different case," alluding to this plant's unusual characteristic of producing distinct seeds from the ray and disk flowers. The Latin species name "villosa" means "softly hairy," a reference to the downy foliage.