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Pringle eriophyllum, Pringle's woolly sunflower

golden-yarrow, yellow-yarrow

Habit Annuals, 1–5 cm. Shrubs, 20–50(–100) cm.
Stems

± spreading.

erect (woolly).

Leaves

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

(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).

Peduncles

± 0.1 cm.

mostly 0–2.5(–9) cm.

Involucres

broadly campanulate to hemispheric, 3–5+ mm diam.

campanulate, 3–7 mm diam.

Ray florets

0.

0 or 4–6(–8);

laminae golden yellow, 2–5 (× 1.5–3) mm.

Disc florets

10–20;

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

10–75;

corollas 2–4 mm.

Phyllaries

6–8, distinct.

4–7, distinct or connate at bases (broadly elliptic or ovate, carinate, apices obtuse or acute).

Heads

borne singly or in clusters.

(3–)4–7(–10) or 10–30+ per array.

Cypselae

1.5–2 mm;

pappi of 5–12 ± oblanceolate scales ± 1 mm.

1.5–3.5 mm;

pappi of 2–14 cuneate to oblanceolate (subequal), erose scales 0.5–1.3 mm.

2n

= 14 + 0–1 B or 0–1 I, 16.

Eriophyllum pringlei

Eriophyllum confertiflorum

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
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
CA; Mexico
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Key
1. Heads 10–30+ per array; peduncles 0–1(–2) cm; involucres 3–5 mm diam.; disc corollas 2–3 mm
var. confertiflorum
1. Heads (3–)4–7(–10) per array; peduncles 0–2.5(–9) cm; involucres 5–7 mm diam.; disc corollas 3.5–4 mm
var. tanacetiflorum
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 355. FNA vol. 21, p. 361.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Baeriinae > Eriophyllum 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. multicaule, E. nubigenum, E. staechadifolium, E. wallacei
E. ambiguum, E. congdonii, E. jepsonii, E. lanatum, E. lanosum, E. latilobum, E. mohavense, E. multicaule, E. nubigenum, E. pringlei, E. staechadifolium, E. wallacei
Subordinate taxa
E. confertiflorum var. confertiflorum, E. confertiflorum var. tanacetiflorum
Synonyms Bahia confertiflora
Name authority A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 25. (1883) (de Candolle) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 25. (1883)
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