Eriophyllum multicaule

Many-stem woolly sunflower, Many-Stem Woolly Sunflower

Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Native

Many-stem woolly sunflower is a California native annual found in southwestern San Joaquin Valley (eastern San Luis Obispo and northeastern Santa Barbara counties), southern Coastal Ranges, southern California, San Gabriel Mountains, and Peninsular Ranges in sandy soils and open coastal scrub and chaparral at elevations below 1,600 meters. Flowering from March to July, this plant produces yellow ray flowers with small 2-millimeter rays in compact clusters. Growing low to the ground with decumbent-ascending stems 2 to 15 centimeters tall that are green to purple and often becoming smooth, it has a fleshy, compact form. Its wedge-shaped leaves are approximately 1 centimeter long, featuring 2 to 3 lobes and a woolly texture. The fruit is a small, narrow club-shaped structure about 2 millimeters long.

Habitat: Sandy soils, open coastal scrub, chaparral

Bloom period: Mar-Jul

Elevation: < 1600 m

Bioregions: sw SnJV (e San Luis Obispo, ne Santa Barbara cos.), SCoR, SCo, SnGb, PR.

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