Golden star is a North American native, related to sunflowers. Its showy flowers and low
growth as a ground cover make its cultivars popular with gardeners.
Identification: Plants are less than 1′ (30 cm) in height, spreading
via underground stolons to form mats.
Leaves are hairy, alternate, roughly egg-shaped
(elliptic-ovate to deltate-ovate), ⅞-4″ (2.5-10 cm) long,
with crenate margins.
Flowers are composite flowers—composed of a central yellow circle of 25-50 disc florets surrounded by
5 yellow ray flowers. They bloom from March to June.