Eriophyllum wallacei is a North American flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names woolly daisy and woolly easterbonnets. It grows in the southwestern United States (Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and California, with an isolated population in Wyoming) and northwestern Mexico (northern Baja California).Biota of North America program 2014 county distribution mapCalflora taxon report, University of California, Eriophyllum wallacei (A. Gray) A. Gray, Wallace eriophyllum, Wallace's woolly daisy SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona Chapter, Eriophyllum wallacei (A. Gray) A. Gray includes photos, description, interactive distribution map It may grow in clumps or on short erect stems in sand, rocks, and gravel.
It is a small, squat annual herb rarely more than tall. The plant is covered in masses of white cotton-candy-like wool and has small oval leaves up to long. Between March and June it produces one flower head per stem, about wide and each with 5–10 yellow or cream-colored ray florets. The rays are about long and sometimes have red veins, surrounding 20–30 yellow disc florets.Eriophyllum wallacei (A. Gray) A. Gray, 1883. Woolly easterbonnets, Wallace's woolly daisy Flora of North America. The seed is black and narrow.
In drier conditions, the plant tends to grow a single stem to ensure its reproduction via seed. With more moisture, it branches from the base into multiple stalks.
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Jepson Manual Treatment United States department of Agriculture Plants Profile Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California