''Eriastrum luteum'' is a species of flowering plant in the
phlox family known by the common names yellow woollystar and yellow-flowered eriastrum. This wildflower is
endemic to
California where it is known only from
Monterey and
San Luis Obispo Counties. This is a small annual rarely reaching the maximum 25 centimeters in height. It has occasional thin, threadlike leaves which are covered in a coat of woolly hairs. The
inflorescence is a cluster of leaflike green or reddish
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 strung densely with cobwebby white wool and bearing bright yellow flowers. Each flower has five rounded lobes and long, protruding
stamen
The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10
Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...
s with large anthers.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
luteum
Flora of California
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