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

Pringle eriophyllum, Pringle's woolly sunflower

Habit Annuals, 1–15 cm. Annuals, 1–5 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.

blades ± cuneate, 3–10 mm, usually 3-lobed, ultimate margins entire, strongly revolute (apices ± rounded), faces woolly.

Peduncles

1–3 cm.

± 0.1 cm.

Involucres

broadly campanulate, 4–6 mm diam.

broadly campanulate to hemispheric, 3–5+ 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).

10–20;

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

Phyllaries

5–10, distinct.

6–8, 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.

1.5–2 mm;

pappi of 5–12 ± oblanceolate scales ± 1 mm.

2n

= 10 + 0–1 I or 0–3 B.

= 14 + 0–1 B or 0–1 I, 16.

Eriophyllum wallacei

Eriophyllum pringlei

Phenology Flowering Dec–Jul. Flowering Feb–Jul.
Habitat Sandy or gravelly openings, creosote-bush or sagebrush scrublands, Joshua Tree or pinyon-juniper woodlands, or chaparral Sandy or gravelly openings in desert, creosote-bush, or sagebrush scrublands, or chaparral
Elevation 30–2400 m (100–7900 ft) 300–2200 m (1000–7200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; 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. lanosum, E. latilobum, E. mohavense, E. multicaule, E. nubigenum, 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) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 25. (1883)
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