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 in the central part of the Republic of México.Flora of North America, Solidago velutina, de Candolle, 1836. Velvety or three-nerved goldenrodBiota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapDe Candolle, A. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 332. 1836. It is classified as a member of Subsection Nemorales.Nesom, G.L. Phytologia. 75: 8. 1993.Flora of North America, Solidago Subsection Nemorales, vol 20 p 158 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: Solidago velutina subsp. californica (Nutt.) Semple - California, Oregon Solidago velutina subsp. sparsiflora (A.Gray) Semple Another infraspecific taxon is also recognized by some authors: Solidago velutina var. nevadensis (A. Gray) C.E.S. Taylor & R.J. Taylor
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Solidago velutina across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Solidago velutina has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens7
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences8
eDNA detections1
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK3★rbcL3★rbcLa★ITS2★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualSolidago velutina carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 182×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Semple, J. C., J. G. Chmielewski & C. Xiang. 1992. Chromosome number determinations in fam. Compositae, tribe Astereae. IV. Additional reports and comments on the cytogeography and status of some species of Aster and Solidago. Rhodora 94: 48–62.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Zhao, Z. 1996. Documented chromosome numbers 1996:2. Miscellaneous U. S. A. and Mexican species, mostly Asteraceae. Sida 17(1): 259–263.
2n 361×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Semple, J. C., J. G. Chmielewski & M. E. Lane. 1989. Chromosome number determinations in fam. Compositae, tribe Astereae. III. Additional counts and comments on generic limits and ancestral base numbers. Rhodora 91: 296–314.
n 96×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · Cave1962
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — WEEDIN, J. F. & A. M. POWELL. 1980. In Chromosome number reports LXIX. Taxon 29: 716–718.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Keil, D. J. 1979. In IOPB chromosome number reports LXIII. Taxon 28: 271–273.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Keil, D. J. 1981. In Chromosome number reports LXXII. Taxon 30: 705–706.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Keil, D. J. & T. F. Stuessy. 1977. Chromosome counts of Compositae from Mexico and the United States. Amer. J. Bot. 64: 791–798.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Ward, D. E. & R. Spellenberg. 1988. Chromosome counts of angiosperms from New Mexico and adjacent areas. Phytologia 64: 390–398.
CCDB · Cave1962 — Turner et al. 1962
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy94% within 1 km
≤100 m 867≤1 km 121≤10 km 36>10 km 23
1 047 georeferenced · 370 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 417
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy65% within 1 km
≤100 m 196≤1 km 170≤10 km 187>10 km 13
566 georeferenced · 529 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 095
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions45 of 63 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Flagstaff, US
159
ASUlocation not on record
142
Albuquerque, US
130
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
110
Austin, US
79
Phoenix, US
52
Mexico City, MX
41
Bronx, US
36
Chicago, US
31
Austin, US
25
Provo, US
21
Corvallis, US
20
Riverside, US
18
Logan, US
15
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
15
Denver, US
14
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
13
Durango, MX
11
Orem, US
10
Wuzhou, CN
10
Boise, US
9
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
9
Saint Louis, US
9
Pocatello, US
8
San Luis Obispo, US
7
Bangkok, TH
7
EL PASO, US
6
Bandelier National Monumentlocation not on record
6
Durango, US
4
Moscow, US
4
Tlalnepantla, MX
4
Bloomington, US
4
Santa Barbara, US
4
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record
4
Davis, US
4
San Angelo, US
3
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
3
Madison, US
3
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
3
Montréal, CA
3
USFSlocation not on record
2
Ann Arbor, US
2
San Diego, US
2
Pullman, US
2
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
2
US
2
The University of Arizonalocation not on record
2
Claremont, US
2
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
2
CASlocation not on record
2
Fort Worth, US
2
Clemson, US
1
US
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Minia, EG
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
1
Grand Junction, US
1
Spearfish, US
1
Angwin, US
1
Henderson, US
1
63 institutions · 1 090 of 1 095 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Solidago velutina was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 512 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗