Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Name: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium
Creator: The California Species Project

Oregon sunshine, Oregon Sunshine

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Oregon sunshine is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, California Ranges, northern and central Sierra Nevada, and Great Basin in dry sites, sagebrush, forest, and alpine habitats at elevations of 1,400 to 3,500 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces bright yellow daisy-like flowers with ray flowers 6 to 10 millimeters long in solitary heads. Growing with short-lived stems 10 to 30 centimeters tall, it forms a compact herb to subshrub with a low, spreading growth habit. Its leaves are wedge-shaped to obovate, 1 to 4 centimeters long, with entire or occasionally 3-lobed edges and flat margins. The fruit is 3 to 4 millimeters long with a small pappus less than 2 millimeters in length.

Habitat: dry sites, sagebrush, forest, alpine

Bloom period: Jul-Aug

Elevation: 1400-3500 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRH, CaRH, n&ampc SNH, GB

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