Eriophyllum staechadifolium

Lagasca

Gen. Sp. Pl., 28. 1816.

Common names: Seaside woolly sunflower lizard tail
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Eriophyllum staechadifolium var. artemisiifolium (Lessing) J. F. Macbride Eriophyllum staechadifolium var. depressum Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 362. Mentioned on page 354, 363.

Subshrubs, 30–150 cm. Stems ± erect. Leaves (proximal usually alternate, sometimes opposite): blades linear, lanceolate, or ovate, 3–7 cm, usually 1–2-pinnately lobed, ultimate margins entire or toothed, revolute, abaxial faces white-woolly, adaxial glabrate (distal leaves usually similar). Heads 40–80+ per array. Peduncles mostly 0–1 (–1.5) cm. Involucres campanulate, 2–3+ mm diam. Phyllaries 8–11, distinct (oblong, carinate, apices obtuse or acute). Ray-florets 0 or 6–9; laminae yellow, 3–5 (× 2–3) mm. Disc-florets 30–40; corollas 4 mm. Cypselae 3–4 mm; pappi of 8–12 oblong or oblanceolate scales ca. 1 mm. 2n = 30.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Sep.
Habitat: Coastal dunes and bluffs
Elevation: 0–100 m

Discussion

Morphologically, Eriophyllum staechadifolium appears to connect E. confertiflorum var. confertiflorum and E. (Constancea) nevinii.

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 +
Lagasca +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
lobed;ovate;lanceolate;ovate;lanceolate;linear +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
Seaside woolly sunflower +  and lizard tail +
yellow +  and white +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
glabrous +  and hairy +
papillate +
4(-5)-angled +, linear-clavate +  and prismatic flattened or 3-angled +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
0–100 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Coastal dunes and bluffs +
compound-corymbiform +, corymbiform +, discoid +  and radiate +
disciform +  and discoid +
in loose to tight +  and singly +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
campanulate +
2mm;3]mm +
sessile +  and petiolate +
papillate +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
8 +  and 12 +
oblanceolate +  and oblong +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–Sep. +
scarious-margined +
weakly +  and flat +
glabrous +, glabrate +, woolly +  and tomentose +
8 +  and 11 +
Gen. Sp. Pl., +
pitted +  and smooth +
convex;conic +
6 +  and 12 +
aristate +  and laciniate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Eriophyllum staechadifolium var. artemisiifolium +  and Eriophyllum staechadifolium var. depressum +
Eriophyllum staechadifolium +
Eriophyllum +
species +
campanulate +
toothed +  and entire +
perennial +  and annual +