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many stem eriophyllum, many-stem woolly sunflower

Habit Annuals, 2–15 cm.
Stems

spreading.

Leaves

blades ± cuneate, ± 10 mm, usually 3-lobed, ultimate margins entire, plane (apices ± rounded), faces ± woolly.

Peduncles

± 0.1 cm.

Involucres

campanulate to hemispheric, 2–3+ mm diam.

Ray florets

5–7;

laminae yellow, ± 2 mm.

Disc florets

10–20;

corollas ± 2 mm (tubes cylindric, throats broadly cylindric, abruptly dilated, lobes glandular; anther appendages narrowly deltate, not glandular).

Phyllaries

5–7, distinct.

Heads

borne singly or in clusters.

Cypselae

± 2 mm;

pappi usually of 10–15 ± lanceolate scales ± 1 mm, rarely 0.

2n

= 14.

Eriophyllum multicaule

Phenology Flowering Mar–Jul.
Habitat Sandy openings in chaparral or coastal scrublands
Elevation 0–1600 m (0–5200 ft)
Distribution
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CA
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 355.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Baeriinae > Eriophyllum
Sibling taxa
E. ambiguum, E. confertiflorum, E. congdonii, E. jepsonii, E. lanatum, E. lanosum, E. latilobum, E. mohavense, E. nubigenum, E. pringlei, E. staechadifolium, E. wallacei
Synonyms Actinolepis multicaulis
Name authority (de Candolle) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 24. (1883)
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