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Pringle eriophyllum, Pringle's woolly sunflower

Wallace eriophyllum, Wallace's woolly daisy, woolly daisy, woolly easterbonnets

Habit Annuals, 1–5 cm. Annuals, 1–15 cm.
Stems

± spreading.

erect to spreading or ascending.

Leaves

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

blades obovate to spatulate, 7–20 mm, sometimes 3-lobed, ultimate margins entire, plane (apices ± rounded), faces ± woolly.

Peduncles

± 0.1 cm.

1–3 cm.

Involucres

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

broadly campanulate, 4–6 mm diam.

Ray florets

0.

5–10;

laminae usually cream or yellow, sometimes white with red veins, 3–4 mm.

Disc florets

10–20;

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

20–30;

corollas 2–3 mm (tubes cylindric, throats funnelform, gradually dilated, lobes glandular; anther appendages subulate, not glandular).

Phyllaries

6–8, distinct.

5–10, distinct.

Heads

borne singly or in clusters.

usually borne singly.

Cypselae

1.5–2 mm;

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

± 2 mm;

pappi usually of 6–10 ± oblong scales 0.4–0.8 mm, rarely 0.

2n

= 14 + 0–1 B or 0–1 I, 16.

= 10 + 0–1 I or 0–3 B.

Eriophyllum pringlei

Eriophyllum wallacei

Phenology Flowering Feb–Jul. Flowering Dec–Jul.
Habitat Sandy or gravelly openings in desert, creosote-bush, or sagebrush scrublands, or chaparral Sandy or gravelly openings, creosote-bush or sagebrush scrublands, Joshua Tree or pinyon-juniper woodlands, or chaparral
Elevation 300–2200 m (1000–7200 ft) 30–2400 m (100–7900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 355. FNA vol. 21, p. 356.
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. confertiflorum, E. congdonii, E. jepsonii, E. lanatum, E. lanosum, E. latilobum, E. mohavense, E. multicaule, E. nubigenum, E. pringlei, E. staechadifolium
Synonyms Bahia wallacei, Antheropeas wallacei, E. wallacei var. rubellum
Name authority A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 25. (1883) (A. Gray) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 25. (1883)
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