Eriophyllum confertiflorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Eriophyllum |
Species: | E. confertiflorum
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Binomial name | |
Eriophyllum confertiflorum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Synonymy
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Eriophyllum confertiflorum, commonly called golden yarrow or yellow yarrow, [2] is a North American species of plant in the family Asteraceae, native to California and Baja California. It has wooly leaves when young, and yellow flower heads. [3] "Eriophyllum" means "wooly leaved." [3] [4]
Eriophyllum confertiflorum gets its common name from the similar appearance of its inflorescence to the true yarrow, which has white flowers. [3] [5] [6]
Eriophyllum confertiflorum is a highly variable plant which is generally a small shrub. It grows primarily in the Sierra Nevada and Coastal Ranges in California and Baja California. It can be found in a number of plant communities and habitats. In the Santa Monica Mountains of California, it is common in open places that are away from the coast. [3]
Eriophyllum confertiflorum grows in large clumps or stands of many erect stems often exceeding 50 cm (20 in) in height. Botanist Nancy Dale describes the growth pattern as "tidy". [3] Leaves are alternate. [3] Leaves and stems are whitish when young, because of being covered in wooly white hairs, then become greenish to gray-green. [3] Leaves have 3-5 deep lobes. [3] Yellow flowers are crowded in the head, which is up to 3⁄8 inch (0.95 cm) across, flat-topped, with both disc flowers and ray flowers. [3] "Confertiflorum" means densely flowered. [3] It blooms from January to July. [3] The fruit is an achene with a very short pappus. The top of each stem forms an inflorescence of up to 30 flower heads, each bright golden yellow head with a large center of disc florets and usually a fringe of rounded to oval ray florets. [2]
Eriophyllum confertiflorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Eriophyllum |
Species: | E. confertiflorum
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Binomial name | |
Eriophyllum confertiflorum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Synonymy
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Eriophyllum confertiflorum, commonly called golden yarrow or yellow yarrow, [2] is a North American species of plant in the family Asteraceae, native to California and Baja California. It has wooly leaves when young, and yellow flower heads. [3] "Eriophyllum" means "wooly leaved." [3] [4]
Eriophyllum confertiflorum gets its common name from the similar appearance of its inflorescence to the true yarrow, which has white flowers. [3] [5] [6]
Eriophyllum confertiflorum is a highly variable plant which is generally a small shrub. It grows primarily in the Sierra Nevada and Coastal Ranges in California and Baja California. It can be found in a number of plant communities and habitats. In the Santa Monica Mountains of California, it is common in open places that are away from the coast. [3]
Eriophyllum confertiflorum grows in large clumps or stands of many erect stems often exceeding 50 cm (20 in) in height. Botanist Nancy Dale describes the growth pattern as "tidy". [3] Leaves are alternate. [3] Leaves and stems are whitish when young, because of being covered in wooly white hairs, then become greenish to gray-green. [3] Leaves have 3-5 deep lobes. [3] Yellow flowers are crowded in the head, which is up to 3⁄8 inch (0.95 cm) across, flat-topped, with both disc flowers and ray flowers. [3] "Confertiflorum" means densely flowered. [3] It blooms from January to July. [3] The fruit is an achene with a very short pappus. The top of each stem forms an inflorescence of up to 30 flower heads, each bright golden yellow head with a large center of disc florets and usually a fringe of rounded to oval ray florets. [2]