''Eriophyllum staechadifolium'' is a flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
which is known by the common name seaside woolly sunflower. It is native to the coastline of
Oregon
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and
California
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including the
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...
. This is a plant of the beaches, dunes, and
coastal scrub
Coastal sage scrub, also known as coastal scrub, CSS, or soft chaparral, is a low scrubland plant community of the California coastal sage and chaparral subecoregion, found in coastal California and northwestern coastal Baja California. It is ...
.
[Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map, ''Eriophyllum staechadifolium'']
/ref>Calflora taxon report, University of California, ''Eriophyllum staechadifolium'' Lagasca, Lizard Tail, seaside golden yarrow, seaside woolly sunflower
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''Eriophyllum staechadifolium'' is variable in size, its height depending in part on its exposure to harsh coastal wind and saline spray. It may reach anywhere from 30 centimeters to 150 centimeters (1–5 feet) tall, and may be small and clumpy or quite sprawling. The leaves are up to seven centimeters (2.8 inches) long and are sometimes lobed. Each inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...
holds several tightly packed flower heads
A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...
in shades of golden yellow with centers full of 30-40 disc floret
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
s and usually a fringe of 6-6 small ray florets each a few millimeters long.[Flora of North America, ''Eriophyllum staechadifolium'' Lagasca, 1816. Seaside woolly sunflower, lizard tail ]
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References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California
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staechadifolium
Flora of California
Flora of Oregon
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
Plants described in 1816
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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