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Douglas Houck | profile | all galleries >> Flora >> Wild Flowers >> Wildflowers of Washington State >> Eriophyllum lanatum tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Eriophyllum lanatum

Common name: Common Woolly Sunflower, Wooly Daisy, Oregon Sunshine

USDA list 12 varieties of which three grow in WA. ITIS and eFlora.org lists 10, CalFlora lists nine.
WA varieties:
var. achillaeoides: Common Woolly Sunflower, leaves are like Yarrow, pinnated with triangular teeth. Found only on WA outer coast.
var. integrifolium: Common Woolly Sunflower; leaves are entire to lobed at outer end. Found mostly e. WA.
var. lanatum: Common Woolly Sunflower; outer half of leaf is lobed. Found e WA.
var. leucophyllum: Common Woolly Sunflower; Pinnatedly lobed opposite leaves. Found OR, WA, BC

For description of eFloras.org varieties see
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066710

For description of CA varieties see:
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?key=430


Note: Small bush (low growing), single flower head per erect stalk. 8-13 yellow ray flowers, many disk flowers. Leaves are pinnated divided or entire, lobed on outer (distal) half.

north Puget Sound
TRAIL: Deception Pass Island, Rosario Head
HABITAT: dry, rocky, coastal bluff
ELEVATION: 35 meters (120 feet); 15 meters (40 feet)
BLOOM TIME: 06-JUN; 12-JUN
Eriophyllum lanatum var. leucophyllum
Eriophyllum lanatum var. leucophyllum
Eriophyllum lanatum var. leucophyllum
Eriophyllum lanatum var. leucophyllum