| Eriophyllum | |
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| Eriophyllum confertiflorum Voorhis Ecological Reserve California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.
- ^ lectotype designated by Constance, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 18: 69. 2 Apr 1937.
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1816. Genera et species plantarum 28
- ^ Tropicos, Eriophyllum Lag.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps