Grassy-leaved goldenrod is an attractive native perennial with a shrubby habit, growing to about three feet tall. The little yelow flowers grow in flat clusters near the ends of the branches. The leaves are narrow, untoothed and a fresh bright shade of green. It is one of the first goldenrods to bloom, starting the first week of August. It grows in sunny fields throughout North America, except for far south and western states. Taxonomists have determined that due to small glands on the leaves and genetic analysis that it should be separated from the true goldenrods in the genus Solidago.