Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Asterales > Asteraceae > Eriophyllum > Eriophyllum ambiguum

Eriophyllum ambiguum (beautiful woolly sunflower)

Synonyms: Bahia ambigua; Bahia parviflora; Eriophyllum parishii (homotypic); Eriophyllum parviflorum; Lasthenia ambigua

Wikipedia Abstract

Eriophyllum ambiguum is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name beautiful woolly sunflower. It is native to the deserts and adjacent hills of southern and eastern California, northwestern Arizona, and southern Nevada. Varieties \n* Eriophyllum ambiguum var. ambiguum - California, mostly in Kern County \n* Eriophyllum ambiguum var. paleaceum (Brandegee) Ferris - California, Nevada, Arizona
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Infraspecies

Eriophyllum ambiguum var. ambiguum (beautiful woolly sunflower)
Eriophyllum ambiguum var. paleaceum (beautiful woolly sunflower)

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual
Structure [1]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve 5901 California, United States  
Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center 6101 California, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0