Goldenrod leaves are long and thin, with a lance-like shape. In contrast, ragweed has lobed leaves that are more reminiscent of the plant artemisia, or even the leaves of tomatoes. Both ragweed ...

In a 2022 paper in the journal Plants, Kessler and co-author Alexander Chautá, Ph.D., ran experiments to show that goldenrod ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. When a beetle larva bites into the leaf of a goldenrod plant, a perennial herb known for its bright yellow flowers, it gets a mouthful of food to ...