Solidago mollis

Solidago mollis is a North American species of flowering plant in the aster family 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]
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Binomial name
Solidago mollis
Bartl. July 1836 not Rothr. October 1836
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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]

References

  1. USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 396.
  2. "Solidago mollis". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) via The Plant List.
  3. "Solidago mollis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  4. Semple, John C.; Cook, Rachel E. (2006). "Solidago mollis". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 20. New York and Oxford via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. "Solidago mollis". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.


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