- Source: Solidago mollis
Solidago mollis is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names velvety goldenrod, soft goldenrod or Ashly goldenrod. 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.
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.
Galls
This species is host to the following insect induced gall:
Asteromyia carbonifera (Osten Sacken, 1862)
external link to gallformers
References
External links
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Solidago mollis in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Solidago mollis
- Solidago
- Velvety goldenrod
- List of Canadian plants by family A
- List of flora of Indiana
- List of flora of Ohio
- List of Asterales of Montana
- List of Minnesota wildflowers
- Slate Islands (Ontario)
- Douglas-Hart Nature Center
