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

Congdon's woolly sunflower

Habit Annuals, 1–15 cm. Annuals, 10–30 cm.
Stems

erect to spreading or ascending.

± spreading.

Leaves

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

oblanceolate, 10–40 mm, rarely 2–3-lobed, ultimate margins usually entire, plane (apices acute), faces ± woolly.

Peduncles

1–3 cm.

3–10 cm.

Involucres

broadly campanulate, 4–6 mm diam.

campanulate, 3–5 mm diam.

Ray florets

5–10;

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

8–10;

laminae yellow, 3–5 mm.

Disc florets

20–30;

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

10–30;

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

Phyllaries

5–10, distinct.

8–10, distinct.

Heads

usually borne singly.

borne singly.

Cypselae

± 2 mm;

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

2.5–3 mm;

pappi of 3–5 ± spatulate scales 0.5–1 mm plus 3–5 lanceolate scales 1.5–2 mm.

2n

= 10 + 0–1 I or 0–3 B.

= 14.

Eriophyllum wallacei

Eriophyllum congdonii

Phenology Flowering Dec–Jul. Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat Sandy or gravelly openings, creosote-bush or sagebrush scrublands, Joshua Tree or pinyon-juniper woodlands, or chaparral Rocky openings, foothill woodlands or yellow pine forests
Elevation 30–2400 m (100–7900 ft) 500–1900 m (1600–6200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

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

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 356. FNA vol. 21, p. 357.
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. staechadifolium
E. ambiguum, E. confertiflorum, E. jepsonii, E. lanatum, E. lanosum, E. latilobum, E. mohavense, E. multicaule, E. nubigenum, E. pringlei, E. staechadifolium, E. wallacei
Synonyms Bahia wallacei, Antheropeas wallacei, E. wallacei var. rubellum
Name authority (A. Gray) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 25. (1883) Brandegee: Bot. Gaz. 27: 449. (1899)
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