Eriophyllum stoechadifolium
| Eriophyllum stoechadifolium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Genus: | Eriophyllum |
| Species: | E. stoechadifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Eriophyllum stoechadifolium Lag. | |
Eriophyllum stoechadifolium (also, E. staechadifolium) is a flowering plant in the daisy family which is known by the common name seaside woolly sunflower. It is native to the coastline of Oregon and California as far south as the Channel Islands. This is a plant of the beaches, dunes, and coastal scrub. It is variable in size, its height depending in part on its exposure to harsh coastal wind and saline spray. It may reach anywhere from 30 centimeters to 1.5 meters tall, and may be small and clumpy or quite sprawling. The leaves are up to seven centimeters long and are sometimes lobed. Each inflorescence holds several tightly packed flower heads in shades of golden yellow with centers full of disc florets and usually a fringe of small ray florets each a few millimeters long.