Eriophyllum | |
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Eriophyllum confertiflorum Voorhis Ecological Reserve California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Madieae |
Subtribe: | Baeriinae |
Genus: | Eriophyllum Lag. |
Type species | |
Eriophyllum staechadifolium | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Eriophyllum, commonly known as the woolly sunflower, is a North American genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus is native to western North America (USA, Canada, northwestern Mexico), with a concentration of narrow endemics in California.[3][4][5]
Eriophyllum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Phymatopus californicus.