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

Barstow woolly sunflower, Mohave or Barstow woolly sunflower, Mojave woolly sunflower

Habit Annuals, 1–15 cm. Annuals, 1–2.5 cm.
Stems

erect to spreading or ascending.

erect to spreading.

Leaves

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

blades spatulate to cuneate, 3.5–10 mm, sometimes 1–3-lobed (each lobe terminating in short, sharp cusp), ultimate margins entire, weakly, if at all, revolute (apices acute), faces loosely woolly.

Peduncles

1–3 cm.

± 0.1 cm.

Involucres

broadly campanulate, 4–6 mm diam.

cylindric to obconic, 1–2+ mm diam.

Ray florets

5–10;

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

0.

Disc florets

20–30;

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

± 3;

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

Phyllaries

5–10, distinct.

3–4, distinct.

Heads

usually borne singly.

borne singly or in clusters.

Cypselae

± 2 mm;

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

2–2.5 mm;

pappi of 12–14 linear to spatulate scales ± 1.5 mm.

2n

= 10 + 0–1 I or 0–3 B.

Eriophyllum wallacei

Eriophyllum mohavense

Phenology Flowering Dec–Jul. Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat Sandy or gravelly openings, creosote-bush or sagebrush scrublands, Joshua Tree or pinyon-juniper woodlands, or chaparral Sandy or gravelly areas, creosote-bush scrublands
Elevation 30–2400 m (100–7900 ft) 500–800 m (1600–2600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
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. 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. lanosum, E. latilobum, E. multicaule, E. nubigenum, E. pringlei, E. staechadifolium, E. wallacei
Synonyms Bahia wallacei, Antheropeas wallacei, E. wallacei var. rubellum Eremonanus mohavensis
Name authority (A. Gray) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 25. (1883) (I. M. Johnston) Jepson: Man. Fl. Pl. Calif., 1117. (1925)
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