Eriophyllum staechadifolium |
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lizard tail, seaside woolly sunflower |
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Habit | Subshrubs, 30–150 cm. |
Stems | ± erect. |
Leaves | (proximal usually alternate, sometimes opposite): blades linear, lanceolate, or ovate, 3–7 cm, usually 1–2-pinnately lobed, ultimate margins entire or toothed, revolute, abaxial faces white-woolly, adaxial glabrate (distal leaves usually similar). |
Peduncles | mostly 0–1(–1.5) cm. |
Involucres | campanulate, 2–3+ mm diam. |
Ray florets | 0 or 6–9; laminae yellow, 3–5 (× 2–3) mm. |
Disc florets | 30–40; corollas 4 mm. |
Phyllaries | 8–11, distinct (oblong, carinate, apices obtuse or acute). |
Heads | 40–80+ per array. |
Cypselae | 3–4 mm; pappi of 8–12 oblong or oblanceolate scales ca. 1 mm. |
2n | = 30. |
Eriophyllum staechadifolium |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Sep. |
Habitat | Coastal dunes and bluffs |
Elevation | 0–100 m (0–300 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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Discussion | Morphologically, Eriophyllum staechadifolium appears to connect E. confertiflorum var. confertiflorum and E. (Constancea) nevinii. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 362. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Baeriinae > Eriophyllum |
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Synonyms | E. staechadifolium var. artemisiifolium, E. staechadifolium var. depressum |
Name authority | Lagasca: Gen. Sp. Pl., 28. (1816) |
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