Tribe Heliantheae | Genus Eriophyllum Rank Species | |
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Scientific name Eriophyllum confertiflorum Similar Eriophyllum, Daisy family, Diplacus aurantiacus, Acmispon glaber, Eriogonum fasciculatum | ||
M cor plant id walk with gordon pratt eriophyllum confertiflorum golden yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum, commonly called golden yarrow or yellow yarrow, is a North American species of plants in the (sunflower family), native to California and Baja California. It has wooly leaves when young, and yellow flower heads. "Eriophyllum" means "wooly leaved.
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- M cor plant id walk with gordon pratt eriophyllum confertiflorum golden yarrow
- Golden or yellow yarrow eriophyllum confertiflorum in garden yarrow eriophyllum confertiflorum
- Habitat and distribution
- References
Eriophyllum confertiflorum gets its common name from the similar appearance of its inflorescence to the true yarrow, which has white flowers.
Golden or yellow yarrow eriophyllum confertiflorum in garden yarrow eriophyllum confertiflorum
Habitat and distribution
Eriophyllum confertiflorum is a highly variable plant which is generally a small shrub. It grows primarily in the Sierra Nevada and Coastal Ranges in California and Baja California. It can be found in a number of plant communities and habitats. In the Santa Monica Mountains of California, it is common in open places that are away from the coast.
Eriophyllum confertiflorum grows in large clumps or stands of many erect stems often exceeding 50 cm (20 inches) in height. Botanist Nancy Dale describes the growth pattern as "tidy". Leaves are alternate. Leaves and stems are whitish when young, because of being covered in wooly white hairs, then become greenish to gray-green. Leaves have 3-5 deep lobes. Yellow flowers are crowded in the head, which is up to 3/8 inch (0.94 cm) across, flat-topped, with both disc flowers and ray flowers. "Confertiflorum" means densely flowered. It blooms from January to July. The fruit is an achene with a very short pappus. The top of each stem forms an inflorescence of up to 30} flower heads, each bright golden yellow head with a large center of disc florets and usually a fringe of rounded to oval ray florets.
