Solidago mollis
Species of flowering plant
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Solidago mollis is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names velvety goldenrod,[3] soft goldenrod[4] or Ashly goldenrod.[4] It is native to the central United States and central Canada, primarily the Great Plains from the Canadian Prairie Provinces south as far as Texas and New Mexico.[5]
| Solidago mollis | |
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| 1913 illustration[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Solidago |
| Species: | S. mollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Solidago mollis | |
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Solidago mollis is a perennial herb up to 70 cm (2.3 ft) tall with creeping rhizomes. Leaves are egg-shaped or lance shaped, up to 10 cm (4 in) long, covered with soft, fine hairs. One plant can produce as many as 300 small yellow flower heads in a branching array at the top of the plant.[4]
Galls
This species is host to the following insect induced gall:
- Asteromyia carbonifera (Osten Sacken, 1862)