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Chrysogonum virginianum

Common Names: Green and Gold, Goldenstar

USDA and ITIS lists three varieties

var. australe: Longest stolon internodes 12–60 cm; earliest (and all other) flowering stems leafless, 2–10 cm
var. brevistolon: Longest stolon internodes 2–6 cm; earliest flowering stems leafless, mostly 2–25 cm (later flowering stems leafy, 15–25 cm)
var. virginianum: Plants not stoloniferous; earliest flowering stems leafless, later ones leafy and mostly 15–35(–50) cm. Plants stoloniferous (colonial, mat-forming); flowering stems leafless and/or leafy, leafy stems (2–)15–25 cm
Chrysogonum virginianum
Chrysogonum virginianum
Chrysogonum virginianum
Chrysogonum virginianum