Biology:Solidago delicatula

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Solidago delicatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. delicatula
Binomial name
Solidago delicatula Small
Synonyms
Solidago helleri Small Solidago microphylla (A.Gray) Engelm. ex Small Solidago ulmifolia var. microphylla A.Gray

Solidago delicatula, commonly called smooth elm-leaf goldenrod, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southern Great Plains of the United States, in the states of Texas , Oklahoma, Kansas , Arkansas, and Louisiana.

Solidago delicatula is a perennial herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall with a woody underground caudex. One plant can produce as many as 480 small yellow flower heads in a large branched array at the top of the plant.

This species is host to the fillowing insect induced gall:

• Asteromyia carbonifera (Osten Sacken, 1862)

external link to gallformers

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15567437 entry