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Woollystars
Eriastrum
Eriastrum is a genus of flowering plants in the phlox family which are known commonly as woollystars. These wildflowers are somewhat diverse in appearance but are usually erect, thin-stemmed herbs which bear purple to white blooms. Most species have inflorescences which are webbed with a woolly mesh of white fibers. Woollystars are native to western North America.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
giant woollystar
speciesEriastrum densifolium
Desert Woollystar
speciesEriastrum eremicum
Sapphire Woollystar
speciesEriastrum sapphirinum
spreading woollystar
speciesEriastrum diffusum
Wilcox's Woollystar
speciesEriastrum wilcoxii
Lavender woollystar
speciesEriastrum filifolium
virgate eriastrum
speciesEriastrum virgatum
maroon-spotted woollystar
speciesEriastrum signatum
Tehachapi Woollystar
speciesEriastrum pluriflorum
Abrams' woollystar
speciesEriastrum abramsii
tracy's eriastrum
speciesEriastrum tracyi
Harwood's Woollystar
speciesEriastrum harwoodii
Great Basin Woollystar
speciesEriastrum sparsiflorum
Hoover's eriastrum
speciesEriastrum hooveri
Rosamond Woollystar
speciesEriastrum rosamondense
Pretty Blue Woolly-Star
speciesEriastrum calocyanum
Eriastrum johnsonii
speciesEriastrum johnsonii
Ertter's Woollystar
speciesEriastrum ertterae
yellow-flowered eriastrum
speciesEriastrum luteum
brandegee's eriastrum
speciesEriastrum brandegeeae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57204.