Woolly Sunflower
Golden-yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Pen & Ink illustration © by Michael Plagens from specimen observed at Gila Mountains, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA. 27 Feb. 1994.
LEAVES: Leaves are elyptic to linear with narrow lobes and are thickly
covered by woolly white hairs as are the young stems and inflorescences.
PERENNIAL: Perennial herb with a woody crown. Few plants exceed
½ meter in height. Plants die back with severe drought or
frost.
FLOWERS: Bright yellow flowers with short yellow rays and yellow disc
flowers. The leaves and bracts or the inflorescence all have the characteristic
thick blanket of wool. Mid spring into summer.
RANGE: Occasional in the Sonoran Desert mostly along wash banks or
sometimes on rocky bajadas.
FRUIT: The angled
achenes have an obscure crown of dry scales.
UNARMED