Eriophyllum confertiflorum |
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golden-yarrow, yellow-yarrow |
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Habit | Shrubs, 20–50(–100) cm. | ||||
Stems | erect (woolly). |
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Leaves | (proximal usually mostly alternate): blades cuneate to obovate, 0.5–5 cm (the longer 1–2-pinnately lobed, lobes linear, the shorter 3–5-lobed or -toothed), ultimate margins entire, revolute, abaxial faces woolly, adaxial usually glabrate (distal leaves gradually reduced in size and lobing). |
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Peduncles | mostly 0–2.5(–9) cm. |
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Involucres | campanulate, 3–7 mm diam. |
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Ray florets | 0 or 4–6(–8); laminae golden yellow, 2–5 (× 1.5–3) mm. |
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Disc florets | 10–75; corollas 2–4 mm. |
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Phyllaries | 4–7, distinct or connate at bases (broadly elliptic or ovate, carinate, apices obtuse or acute). |
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Heads | (3–)4–7(–10) or 10–30+ per array. |
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Cypselae | 1.5–3.5 mm; pappi of 2–14 cuneate to oblanceolate (subequal), erose scales 0.5–1.3 mm. |
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Eriophyllum confertiflorum |
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Distribution |
CA; Mexico
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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. 361. | ||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Baeriinae > Eriophyllum | ||||
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Synonyms | Bahia confertiflora | ||||
Name authority | (de Candolle) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 25. (1883) | ||||
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