Eriophyllum multicaule

(de Candolle) A. Gray

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 24. 1883.

Common names: Manystem woolly sunflower
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Actinolepis multicaulis de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 656. 1836
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 355. Mentioned on page 354.

Annuals, 2–15 cm. Stems spreading. Leaves: blades ± cuneate, ± 10 mm, usually 3-lobed, ultimate margins entire, plane (apices ± rounded), faces ± woolly. Heads borne singly or in clusters. Peduncles ± 0.1 cm. Involucres campanulate to hemispheric, 2–3+ mm diam. Phyllaries 5–7, distinct. Ray florets 5–7; laminae yellow, ± 2 mm. Disc florets 10–20; corollas ± 2 mm (tubes cylindric, throats broadly cylindric, abruptly dilated, lobes glandular; anther appendages narrowly deltate, not glandular). Cypselae ± 2 mm; pappi usually of 10–15 ± lanceolate scales ± 1 mm, rarely 0. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jul.
Habitat: Sandy openings in chaparral or coastal scrublands
Elevation: 0–1600 m

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Dale E. Johnson +  and John S. Mooring +
(de Candolle) A. Gray +
Actinolepis multicaulis +
Manystem woolly sunflower +
0–1600 m +
Sandy openings in chaparral or coastal scrublands +
Flowering Mar–Jul. +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Eriophyllinae +
Eriophyllum multicaule +
Eriophyllum +
species +