Eriophyllum wallacei |
Eriophyllum nubigenum |
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Wallace eriophyllum, Wallace's woolly daisy, woolly daisy, woolly easterbonnets |
Yosemite woolly sunflower |
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Habit | Annuals, 1–15 cm. | Annuals, 5–15 cm. |
Stems | erect to spreading or ascending. |
ascending. |
Leaves | blades obovate to spatulate, 7–20 mm, sometimes 3-lobed, ultimate margins entire, plane (apices ± rounded), faces ± woolly. |
blades oblanceolate, 1–2 cm, margins entire, plane (apices acute), faces woolly. |
Peduncles | 1–3 cm. |
± 1 cm. |
Involucres | broadly campanulate, 4–6 mm diam. |
cylindric, 3–4+ mm diam. |
Ray florets | 5–10; laminae usually cream or yellow, sometimes white with red veins, 3–4 mm. |
4–6; laminae yellow, ± 1 mm (inconspicuous). |
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 mm (tubes cylindric, throats broadly funnelform, abruptly dilated, lobes not glandular; anther appendages deltate, glandular). |
Phyllaries | 5–10, distinct. |
4–6, distinct. |
Heads | usually borne singly. |
borne singly or in loose arrays. |
Cypselae | ± 2 mm; pappi usually of 6–10 ± oblong scales 0.4–0.8 mm, rarely 0. |
2.5–3 mm; pappi of 8–10 lanceolate to spatulate (± unequal) scales 0.5–1.5 mm. |
2n | = 10 + 0–1 I or 0–3 B. |
= 14. |
Eriophyllum wallacei |
Eriophyllum nubigenum |
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Phenology | Flowering Dec–Jul. | Flowering Jun–Jul. |
Habitat | Sandy or gravelly openings, creosote-bush or sagebrush scrublands, Joshua Tree or pinyon-juniper woodlands, or chaparral | Gravelly or rocky openings, yellow pine or red fir forests |
Elevation | 30–2400 m (100–7900 ft) | 1800–2500 m (5900–8200 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 356. | FNA vol. 21, p. 356. |
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 | |
Name authority | (A. Gray) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 25. (1883) | Greene ex A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 25. (1883) |
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