Eriophyllum wallacei |
Eriophyllum lanosum |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico (Baja California)
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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 | ||
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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