Eriophyllum ambiguum |
Eriophyllum ambiguum var. paleaceum |
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annual woolly sunflower, beautiful woolly sunflower |
annual woolly sunflower, beautiful woolly sunflower |
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Habit | Annuals, 5–30 cm. | |||||
Stems | decumbent to ascending. |
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Leaves | blades oblong to oblanceolate, 5–40 mm, margins entire or toothed, plane (apices rounded to acute), faces lanate or tometose to tomentulose. |
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Peduncles | 1–8 cm. |
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Involucres | hemispheric to obconic, 5–6 mm diam. |
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Ray florets | 6–10; laminae yellow, 2–10 mm. |
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Disc florets | 10–30; corollas 1.3–3 mm (tubes cylindric, throats broadly funnelform, abruptly dilated, lobes glabrous or hairy, hairs 1-celled, not glandular; anther appendages deltate, widest at bases, not glandular). |
15–30; corolla lobes hairy (hairs 1-celled). |
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Phyllaries | 6–10, ± connate. |
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Heads | borne singly. |
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Cypselae | 2.2–3 mm; pappi 0 or of 6–10 ± ovate to cuneate, entire, erose, or laciniate scales 0.1–0.5 mm. |
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Pappi | 0 or of 6–10 entire scales 0.1–0.2 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Eriophyllum ambiguum |
Eriophyllum ambiguum var. paleaceum |
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Phenology | Flowering Jan–Jul. | |||||
Habitat | Sandy or rocky openings, creosote-bush scrublands, or Joshua tree or pinyon-juniper woodlands | |||||
Elevation | 100–2800 m (300–9200 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; NV
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CA; NV |
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 356. | FNA vol. 21, p. 356. | ||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Baeriinae > Eriophyllum | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Baeriinae > Eriophyllum > Eriophyllum ambiguum | ||||
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Synonyms | Lasthenia ambigua | E. paleaceum | ||||
Name authority | (A. Gray) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 26. (1883) | (Brandegee) Ferris: Contr. Dudley Herb. 5: 100. (1958) | ||||
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