Eriophyllum wallacei
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Eriophyllum wallacei (Gray) Rydb. |
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Antheropeas wallacei |
Eriophyllum wallacei (syn. Antheropeas wallacei) is a flowering plant in the daisy family which is known by the common names woolly daisy and woolly easterbonnets. This is a small, squat daisy which may grow in clumps or on short erect stems in sand, rocks, and gravel in the southwestern United States. The plant is covered in masses of white cotton-candy-like wool. It has small oval leaves and each neat, bright golden yellow daisy flower is about an inch wide.