Solidago mollis

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Solidago mollis01.jpg

| image_caption = 1913 illustrationUSDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 396.

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| genus = Solidago

| species = mollis

| authority = Bartl. July 1836 not Rothr. October 1836

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| 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

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Solidago mollis is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names velvety goldenrod,{{PLANTS|id=SOMO|taxon=Solidago mollis|accessdate=19 November 2015}} 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.{{BONAP|ref |genus=Solidago |species=mollis}}

Solidago mollis is a perennial herb up to {{cvt|70|cm|ft}} tall with creeping rhizomes. Leaves are egg-shaped or lance shaped, up to {{cvt|10|cm|in|0}} 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.{{eFloras|1 |tribe=Astereae |first1=John C. |last1=Semple |first2=Rachel E. |last2=Cook}}