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.[1]

Eriastrum
Eriastrum eremicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Eriastrum
Woot. & Standl.
Species

13 - see text

Species:

References

  1. "Calflora: Plant Search". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2020-07-10.


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