Eriophyllum confertiflorum |
Eriophyllum pringlei |
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golden-yarrow, yellow-yarrow |
Pringle eriophyllum, Pringle's woolly sunflower |
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Habit | Shrubs, 20–50(–100) cm. | Annuals, 1–5 cm. | ||||
Stems | erect (woolly). |
± spreading. |
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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). |
blades ± cuneate, 3–10 mm, usually 3-lobed, ultimate margins entire, strongly revolute (apices ± rounded), faces woolly. |
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Peduncles | mostly 0–2.5(–9) cm. |
± 0.1 cm. |
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Involucres | campanulate, 3–7 mm diam. |
broadly campanulate to hemispheric, 3–5+ mm diam. |
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Ray florets | 0 or 4–6(–8); laminae golden yellow, 2–5 (× 1.5–3) mm. |
0. |
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Disc florets | 10–75; corollas 2–4 mm. |
10–20; corollas ± 2 mm (tubes cylindric, throats broadly cylindric, abruptly dilated, lobes glandular; anther appendages deltate, tapering distally, not glandular). |
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Phyllaries | 4–7, distinct or connate at bases (broadly elliptic or ovate, carinate, apices obtuse or acute). |
6–8, distinct. |
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Heads | (3–)4–7(–10) or 10–30+ per array. |
borne singly or in clusters. |
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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. |
1.5–2 mm; pappi of 5–12 ± oblanceolate scales ± 1 mm. |
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2n | = 14 + 0–1 B or 0–1 I, 16. |
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Eriophyllum confertiflorum |
Eriophyllum pringlei |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–Jul. | |||||
Habitat | Sandy or gravelly openings in desert, creosote-bush, or sagebrush scrublands, or chaparral | |||||
Elevation | 300–2200 m (1000–7200 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; Mexico
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AZ; CA; NV; Mexico (Baja California)
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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. | FNA vol. 21, p. 355. | ||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Baeriinae > Eriophyllum | 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) | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 25. (1883) | ||||
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