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

white Easter bonnets, white easterbonnets or woolly daisy, white woolly daisy

Habit Annuals, 1–15 cm. Annuals, 3–15 cm.
Stems

erect to spreading or ascending.

decumbent to ascending.

Leaves

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

blades oblanceolate to linear, 5–20 mm, rarely lobed, ultimate margins, usually entire, plane (apices acute), faces sparsely woolly.

Peduncles

1–3 cm.

1–5 cm.

Involucres

broadly campanulate, 4–6 mm diam.

campanulate to obconic, 3–5 mm diam.

Ray florets

5–10;

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

8–10;

laminae white with red veins, 3–5 mm.

Disc florets

20–30;

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

10–20;

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

2.5–4.5 mm;

pappi of 5 subulate scales 1.5–2.5 mm plus 4–5 oblong scales ± 0.5 mm.

2n

= 10 + 0–1 I or 0–3 B.

= 8.

Eriophyllum wallacei

Eriophyllum lanosum

Phenology Flowering Dec–Jul. Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat Sandy or gravelly openings, creosote-bush or sagebrush scrublands, Joshua Tree or pinyon-juniper woodlands, or chaparral Sandy or gravelly openings, desert scrublands
Elevation 30–2400 m (100–7900 ft) 70–1400 m (200–4600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
AZ; CA; NM; NV; UT; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 356. FNA vol. 21, p. 355.
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. congdonii, E. jepsonii, E. lanatum, E. latilobum, E. mohavense, E. multicaule, E. nubigenum, E. pringlei, E. staechadifolium, E. wallacei
Synonyms Bahia wallacei, Antheropeas wallacei, E. wallacei var. rubellum Burrielia lanosa, Antheropeas lanosum
Name authority (A. Gray) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 25. (1883) (A. Gray) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 25. (1883)
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