Eriastrum densifolium

Perennial woolly-star, giant woolly-star

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Perennial woolly-star is a California native perennial herb found in California's coastal regions, chaparral, and coastal sage scrub habitats. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces white to pale blue, lavender, and occasionally pink flowers with 3.5 to 11 millimeter lobes and darker blue or purple veins. Growing 20 to 90 centimeters tall with erect or spreading stems that are often branched from the base, it develops a woody caudex and can have axillary short shoots. Its leaves are 10 to 50 millimeters long, ranging from woolly to nearly smooth, with 0 to 15 linear or lanceolate lobes. The fruit is a small tan capsule containing 1 to 11 seeds per chamber, typically 2.5 to 6 millimeters long.

California counties: San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Kern, Riverside, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Inyo, San Benito, San Diego, Tulare, Alameda

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.