''Eriastrum diffusum'' is a species of flowering plant in the
phlox family known by the common name miniature woollystar. It is native to the southwestern United States from
California to
Texas, where it grows in many types of open habitat. This is an annual herb producing a thin, usually woolly stem up to about 20 centimeters long, growing erect or spreading outward. The leaves are divided into 2 to 4 narrow, threadlike linear lobes. The
inflorescence is a woolly cluster of narrow, leaflike
bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...
s laced with webby fibers. The small flowers are funnel-shaped, with yellowish throats and white to pale blue corollas.
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
diffusum
Flora of the Southwestern United States
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