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Oregon Sunshine - Eriophyllum lanatum
Other Names:  Common Woolly Sunflower

Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S4
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General Description
Taprooted perennial with a woody, branched caudex. Stems ascending to erect, simple, 5–40 cm. Herbage sparsely to densely wooly-villous. Leaves basal and alternate, petiolate; basal blades obovate, 5–40 mm long, lobed at the tip; cauline blades lanceolate to oblanceolate, 1–4 cm long, entire or pinnately divided into 3 to 7 linear-oblanceolate lobes. Heads radiate, solitary on peduncles 3–15 cm long; involucre hemispheric, 5–12 mm high; phyllaries 5 to 13, narrowly ovate in 2 series, wooly, viscid; receptacle flat, smooth. Ray flowers female, 11 to 13, yellow; ligules 5–16 mm long, glandular. Disk flowers perfect; corollas 2–5 mm long, yellow, glandular; style with short-hairy appendages. Pappus of 6 to 12 erose, white scales. Achenes 4-angled, obconic, 3–5 mm long, glabrous (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Our plants are variety lanatum or integrifolium (Hook.) Smiley.

Species Range
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Range Comments
BC to CA, NV, UT and WY (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 32

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Habitat
Stony soil of grasslands, sagebrush steppe, open forest, open slopes (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
  • Additional ReferencesLegend:   View Online Publication
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    • Ament, R.J. 1995. Pioneer Plant Communities Five Years After the 1988 Yellowstone Fires. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 216 p.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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