Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum

Golden yarrow

Family: Asteraceae · Type: shrub · Native

Golden yarrow is a California native shrub found in the North Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada, Central Western California, and southwestern California, occurring in many dry habitats at elevations below 3,000 meters. Flowering from April to August, this plant produces yellow flowers in dense clusters with 10 to 35 disk flowers and occasionally without ray flowers. Growing with a persistently tomentose (woolly) habit and reaching moderate shrub size, it develops a distinctive dense growth pattern. Its leaves are covered in a soft, woolly texture, contributing to the plant's overall grayish-green appearance. The fruit is small, measuring 2 to 3 millimeters long, with 5 to 14 approximately equal pappus scales.

Habitat: Many dry habitats

Bloom period: Apr-Aug

Elevation: < 3000 m

Bioregions: NCoR, SN, CW, SW, w edge D.

California counties: Calaveras, San Luis Obispo, San Diego, San Bernardino, Kern, Riverside, Fresno, Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Tulare, Ventura, Marin, Madera, Monterey, Tuolumne, Santa Cruz, Contra Costa, Merced, Mariposa, San Francisco, Stanislaus, San Benito, Alameda, San Mateo, Inyo, El Dorado, Solano, Napa, Shasta, Sonoma, Kings

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