''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 The Great Plains (french: Grandes Plaines), sometimes simply "the Plains", is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. It is located west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, an ...

from the Canadian Prairie Provinces south as far as Texas and New Mexico. ''Solidago mollis'' is a perennial herb up to tall with creeping rhizomes. Leaves are egg-shaped or lance shaped, up to 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)
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mollis Mollis is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Mollis is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord. History Mollis is first mentioned in 1288. Geography Mollis has an area, , of . Of this ...

Plants described in 1834 Flora of Western Canada Flora of the Northwestern United States Flora of the North-Central United States Flora of the South-Central United States {{Solidago-stub