''Solidago velutina,'' the threenerve goldenrod or velvety goldenrod, is a plant species native to Mexico and to the western United States. The species has been found in southwestern Oregon, east to the
Black Hills of
South Dakota, and as far south as
México State
The State of Mexico ( es, Estado de México; ), officially just Mexico ( es, México), is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Commonly known as Edomex (from ) to distinguish it from the name of the whole country, it is ...
in the central part of the
Republic of México.
[Flora of North America, ''Solidago velutina'', de Candolle, 1836. Velvety or three-nerved goldenrod ](_blank)
/ref>[ It is classified as a member of Subsection ''Nemorales''.Flora of North America, ''Solidago'' Subsection ''Nemorales'', vol 20 p 158]
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Recent taxonomic treatments have expanded the concept of ''S. velutina'' to include '' S. californica'' and '' S. sparsiflora'', long considered by many to be distinct species.[Nesom, G.L. 1989. Taxonomy of ''Solidago velutina'' (Asteraceae: Astereae) with a new, related species from México] These are now often treated as subspecies:
Description
''Solidago velutina'' has a basal rosette of leaves that are still present at flowering time. The leaves get progressively smaller higher up on the stem. Each leaf has three prominent veins running from the base to near the tip. One plant can produce as many as 500 small yellow flower heads
A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...
in a large, branching array at the top of the plant.
Galls
This species is host to the following insect induced galls:
* '' Asteromyia carbonifera'' (Osten Sacken, 1862)
* '' Procecidochares anthracina'' (Doane, 1899)
* '' Rhopalomyia cruziana'' Felt, 1908 external link to gallformers
References
External links
Photo of herbarium specimen at University of Texas Herbarium, collected in Coahuila in 1995
velutina
''Velutina'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Velutinidae.WoRMS (2009). ''Velutina'' Fleming, 1822. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: Worl ...
Plants described in 1836
Flora of the United States
Flora of Mexico
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