Eriophyllum lanatum var. achilleoides

Yarrow leaved woolly sunflower

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Yarrow leaved woolly sunflower is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern California Coast Ranges, Cascade Range, northern Sierra Nevada foothills, San Francisco Bay Area, and southern Coast Ranges in dry, often rocky sites within chaparral and forest habitats at elevations below 1,300 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces yellow ray flowers 6 to 9 millimeters long with approximately 12 to 13 rays surrounding a yellow disk. Growing with slender stems 13 to 40 centimeters tall, it has a herbaceous to somewhat woody growth habit. Its leaves are typically 1 to 3 centimeters long, generally 1 to 2 times compound with finely divided segments. The small fruit measures 2.2 to 3 millimeters long, topped with a pappus less than 1 millimeter in length.

Habitat: Dry, often rocky sites, chaparral, forest

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: < 1300 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoR, CaRH, n SNF, SnFrB, SCoRO, MP

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