| Eriophyllum pringlei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Genus: | Eriophyllum |
| Species: | E. pringlei |
| Binomial name | |
| Eriophyllum pringlei A.Gray |
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Eriophyllum pringlei is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family which is known by the common name Pringle's woolly sunflower. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in several types of desert, canyon, and hillside habitat, such as chaparral and sagebrush. It is a petite annual herb no more than about 8 centimeters high, growing in woolly tufts. The lobed leaves are up to about a centimeter long and coated in white woolly fibers. The inflorescence is a cluster of flower heads filled with golden yellow disc florets and no ray florets.