Eriophyllum confertiflorum

Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Eriophyllum
Species:
E. confertiflorum
Binomial name
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Bahia confertiflora DC. 1836
  • Bahia tenuifolia DC.
  • Eriophyllum cheiranthoides Rydb.
  • Eriophyllum crucigerum Rydb.
  • Eriophyllum tenuifolium (DC.) Rydb.
  • Eriophyllum tanacetiflorum Greene, syn of var. tanacetiflorum
  • Bahia trifida Nutt., syn of var. trifidum
  • Eriophyllum trifidum (Nutt.) Rydb., syn of var. trifidum

Eriophyllum confertiflorum, commonly called golden yarrow or yellow yarrow,[2] is a North American species of plant in the family Asteraceae, native to California and Baja California. It has wooly leaves when young, and yellow flower heads.[3] "Eriophyllum" means "wooly leaved."[3][4]

Eriophyllum confertiflorum gets its common name from the similar appearance of its inflorescence to the true yarrow, which has white flowers.[3][5][6]

  1. ^ The Plant List, Eriophyllum confertiflorum (DC.) A. Gray
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference paula was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c Flowering plants: The Santa Monica Mountains, coastal & chaparral regions of Southern California, Nancy Dale, 2nd Ed., 2000, p. 63
  4. ^ Mooring, J. S. 1994. A cytogenetic study of Eriophyllum confertiflorum (Compositae, Helenieae). American Journal of Botany 81: 919–926.
  5. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. ^ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Eriophyllum confertiflorum (DC.) A. Gray Yellow Yarrow, golden yarrow