Eriophyllum ambiguum var. ambiguum

Common names: Beautiful woolly sunflower
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 356.

Disc-florets 10–20; corolla lobes glabrous. Pappi of 6–10 erose to laciniate scales 0.2–0.5 mm. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat: Sandy or grassy openings in chaparral
Elevation: 200–1900 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +, glomerate +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Dale E. Johnson +  and John S. Mooring +
(A. Gray) A. Gray +
decurrent +
Lasthenia ambigua +
compound +  and simple +
oblong;oblanceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
Beautiful woolly sunflower +
yellow +  and white +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
glabrous +  and hairy +
papillate +
4(-5)-angled +, linear-clavate +  and prismatic flattened or 3-angled +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
200–1900 m +
tometose +  and tomentulose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sandy or grassy openings in chaparral +
compound-corymbiform +, corymbiform +, discoid +  and radiate +
disciform +  and discoid +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
hemispheric;obconic +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
papillate +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
plane +, toothed +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
6 +  and 10 +
less ovate +  and cuneate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Flowering Mar–Jun. +
scarious-margined +
weakly +  and flat +
glabrous +, glabrate +, woolly +  and tomentose +
6 +  and 10 +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
pitted +  and smooth +
convex;conic +
6 +  and 10 +
laciniate +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
exalbuminous +
decumbent +  and ascending +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Eriophyllinae +
Eriophyllum ambiguum var. ambiguum +
Eriophyllum ambiguum +
variety +
campanulate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +