Burke: Eriophyllum lanatum vs. Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

	Eriophyllum lanatum	Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum
	Oregon sunshine, common woolly sunflower	common 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 lanatum var. lanatum
Flowering time	May-August	May-August
Habitat	Dry, open, often rocky areas at low elevations to the subalpine.	Dry, open, often rocky areas from 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. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in far eastern Washington, occasionally occurring west to the east slope of the Cascades crest; eastern Washington to adjacent northeastern Oregon, east to central Idaho and west-central Montana. [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Sibling taxa		E. lanatum var. integrifolium, E. lanatum var. leucophyllum
Subordinate taxa	E. lanatum var. integrifolium, E. lanatum var. lanatum, E. lanatum var. leucophyllum
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

Oregon sunshine, common woolly sunflower

common 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 var. lanatum

Flowering time

May-August

Habitat

Dry, open, often rocky areas at low elevations to the subalpine.

Dry, open, often rocky areas from 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.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Occurring east of the Cascades crest in far eastern Washington, occasionally occurring west to the east slope of the Cascades crest; eastern Washington to adjacent northeastern Oregon, east to central Idaho and west-central Montana.

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Native

Conservation status

Not of concern

Sibling taxa

E. lanatum var. integrifolium, E. lanatum var. leucophyllum

Subordinate taxa

E. lanatum var. integrifolium, E. lanatum var. lanatum, E. lanatum var. leucophyllum

Web links