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Eriophyllum lanatum

Eriophyllum

Oregon sunshine, common woolly sunflower

woolly sunflower
Habit Perennial, white-woolly throughout, 1-6 dm. tall, usually several-stemmed from the base.
Leaves

Leaves variable, 1-8 cm. long, entire to pinnatifid or ternate.

Flowers

Heads solitary on long peduncles;

involucre 6-12 mm. high, the bracts broad, erect and keeled;

rays 8-13, yellow, 5-20 mm. long;

disk flowers yellow;

pappus a toothed crown, or a few chaffy scales.

Fruits

Achenes slender, 4-angled.

Eriophyllum lanatum

Eriophyllum
Flowering time May-August
Habitat Dry, open, often rocky areas at low elevations to the subalpine.
Distribution
Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Utah.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Subordinate taxa
E. lanatum var. integrifolium, E. lanatum var. lanatum, E. lanatum var. leucophyllum
E. lanatum
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