Solidago mollis

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
1913 illustration[1]
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)
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 Bartl. July 1836 not Rothr. October 1836
Synonyms[2]
Synonymy Doria incana Lunell Doria mollis (Bartl.) Lunell Solidago incana Torr. & A.Gray Solidago mollis var. angustata Shinners Solidago nemoralis var. incana (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray Solidago nemoralis var. mollis (Bartl.) A.Gray

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)

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