Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Gallformers ID Notes
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A. monacha-like galls at the apex of Solidago rigida shoots. Host-range expansion of a known Asphondylia species? Novel? In the absence of evidence, defaulting to including similar galls on other hosts in Solidago sect. Ptarmicoidei.
Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value s-rigida-bud-rosette-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here: