Aster ciliaris Kuntze Solidago juncea, the early goldenrod,[3] plume golden-rod, or yellow top, is a North American species of herbaceous perennial plants of the family Asteraceae native to eastern and central Canada and eastern and central United States.

It grows from Nova Scotia west to Manitoba and Minnesota south as far as northern Georgia and northern Arkansas, with a few isolated populations in Louisiana and Oklahoma.

[4] Solidago juncea is a perennial herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes.

One plant can produce as many as 450 small yellow flower heads in a large, showy array.

[6][7] This species is host to the following insect induced galls: external link to gallformers