Flora of North America species comparison

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Eriophyllum staechadifolium

Eriophyllum nubigenum

lizard tail, seaside woolly sunflower

Yosemite woolly sunflower
Habit Subshrubs, 30–150 cm. Annuals, 5–15 cm.
Stems

± erect.

ascending.
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).

blades oblanceolate, 1–2 cm, margins entire, plane (apices acute), faces woolly.
Peduncles

mostly 0–1(–1.5) cm.

± 1 cm.
Involucres

campanulate, 2–3+ mm diam.

cylindric, 3–4+ mm diam.
Ray florets

0 or 6–9;

laminae yellow, 3–5 (× 2–3) mm.

4–6;

laminae yellow, ± 1 mm (inconspicuous).
Disc florets

30–40;

corollas 4 mm.

10–20;

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

8–11, distinct (oblong, carinate, apices obtuse or acute).

4–6, distinct.
Heads

40–80+ per array.

borne singly or in loose arrays.
Cypselae

3–4 mm;

pappi of 8–12 oblong or oblanceolate scales ca. 1 mm.

2.5–3 mm;

pappi of 8–10 lanceolate to spatulate (± unequal) scales 0.5–1.5 mm.
2n

= 30.

= 14.

Eriophyllum staechadifolium

Eriophyllum nubigenum
Phenology Flowering Apr–Sep. Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Coastal dunes and bluffs Gravelly or rocky openings, yellow pine or red fir forests
Elevation 0–100 m (0–300 ft) 1800–2500 m (5900–8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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from FNA
CA
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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.)

Of conservation concern.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 362. 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. pringlei, E. wallacei
E. ambiguum, E. confertiflorum, E. congdonii, E. jepsonii, E. lanatum, E. lanosum, E. latilobum, E. mohavense, E. multicaule, E. pringlei, E. staechadifolium, E. wallacei
Synonyms E. staechadifolium var. artemisiifolium, E. staechadifolium var. depressum
Name authority Lagasca: Gen. Sp. Pl., 28. (1816) Greene ex A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 25. (1883)
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