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Eriophyllum
Sign in to saveEriophyllum, commonly known as the woolly sunflower, is a North American genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus is native to western North America (USA, Canada, northwestern Mexico), with a concentration of narrow endemics in California.
Species
Woolly sunflower
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Eriophyllum, conocido como "girasol lanudo", es un género de plantas herbáceas anuales o perennes nativas del oeste de Norteamérica, con la mayor concentración de especies en California. Comprende 76 especies descritas y de estas, solo 14 aceptadas. Especies de Eriophyllum son alimento para las larvas de algunas especies de Lepidopteras, incluyendo Phymatopus californicus. Cada una de las 14 especies tienen las hojas generalmente alternas y enteras. La inflorescencia son cabezas radiales que se agrupan en racimos hemisférico. Los rayos florales tienen lígulas amarillas, enteras o lobuladas. La corola es amarilla.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 362
- With media
- 216
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- CIBNOR, CAS, CHSC, CHAS, LA, SBBG
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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- Eriophyllum
- taxon name
- Eriophyllum
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- topic's main category
- Category:Eriophyllum
- taxon common name
- woolly sunflower
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Eriophyllum, commonly known as the woolly sunflower, is a North American genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus is native to western North America (USA, Canada, northwestern Mexico), with a concentration of narrow endemics in California.
Eriophyllum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Phymatopus californicus.
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