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Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants

Antheropeas wallacei - woolly easterbonnets

Synonyms: Eriophyllum wallacei, E. wallacei ssp. australe, E. wallacei var. calvescens, E. wallacei var. rubellum
Other Common Names: eriophyllum, Wallace's Woolly-Sunflower, Wallace eriophyllum, Wallace's woolydaisy, woolly easter-bonnets
Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub

Family: Asteraceae


   
 
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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native   Life Cycle: Annual
General Desc: A tiny, woolly tufted plant with small golden yellow flower heads. In drought plants often grow about 1/4 inch before producing 1 head, ensuring at least some seeds. In moist conditions plants produce taller stems, many heads and abundant seeds.
Identification notes: Very hairy annuals, ray flowers yellow, numbering 5 to 10; disc flowers glandular; flower heads solitary at the tip of 1/2 to 4 inch long stems; stems numerous making the flower heads appear crowded; fruit with scales.
Height: Up to 3 inches


Habitat

Habitat Description: Sandy or gravelly openings, creosote-bush or sagebrush scrublands, Joshua Tree or pinyon-juniper woodlands, or chaparral, mesas and plains.
Plant Communities: Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 2000 - 4500 feet


Flower Characteristics

Color: Golden yellow     Shape: Daisy or dandelion-like in round clusters     Tubular: N     Flowering Period: Mar - Jun
Description: Heads solitary at the ends of branches, but flower stems are usually short and the branches numerous making the heads appear crowded; bracts about 1/4 inch high; phyllaries 6 to 10, egg-shaped, distinct; ray flowers 5 to 10, yellow, 1/8 to 1/4 inch long.


Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Grayish-green     Leaf Type: Simple     Leaf Shape: Narrow     Leaf Margin: Smooth     Leaf Attachment: Basal and alternate     Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves and stems     Spines: N
Leaf Description: Very hairy leaf blades, narrow at the base, usually smooth but rarely 3-lobed at the apex, 1/8 to 1/2 inch long.


Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Achenes (single-seeded, sunflower-like) about 1/16 inch long, narrowly linear, minutely sparse or smooth; pappus (scales or bristles at the apex of the achene) of 6 to 10 opaque, short paleae (chaffy scale or bract) or sometimes none.


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