Eriophyllum wallacei

Wallace's woolly daisy, Wallace's Woolly Daisy

Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Native

Wallace's woolly daisy is a California native annual herb found in eastern San Francisco Bay, San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, Peninsular Ranges, southeastern Sierra Nevada, and desert regions in chaparral, sagebrush scrub, and woodland habitats at elevations of 30 to 2,400 meters. Flowering from December to July, this plant produces yellow (occasionally cream-white) ray flowers in heads 5 to 10 millimeters wide. Growing as a small, often tufted plant 1 to 15 centimeters tall with woolly stems, it forms compact clusters in arid landscapes. Its leaves are spoon-shaped to obovate, 7 to 20 millimeters long, typically entire or occasionally divided into three lobes. The fruit is narrow and club-shaped, approximately 2 millimeters long with a minimal pappus.

Habitat: Chaparral, sagebrush or desert scrub or woodland

Bloom period: Dec-Jul

Elevation: 30-2400 m

Bioregions: e SnFrB, SnGb, SnBr, PR, SNE, D

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