Eriastrum densifolium (Heavenly Blue, Giant Wool Star)

7/6/02 Horseshoe Meadow Road, elevation 6,000,' Inyo National Forest, 

Lone Pine region, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

7/6/02 Horseshoe Meadow Road

  7/3/16 Hwy. 168, 5 miles east of South Lake Rd., 6,500' elevation,
Bishop region, Eastern Sierra, Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

 7/3/16 Hwy. 168, 5 miles east of South Lake Rd., 6,500' elevation,
Bishop region, Eastern Sierra, Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

 7/1/05 Hwy. 168 below 7,000 ft., between Bishop and South Lake, 
Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

8/15/11 Lower elevations of Onion Valley Road, Independence Region, 
Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

7/2/16 Horseshoe Meadow Road, Inyo National Forest, 

Lone Pine region, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Heavenly Blue, Giant Wool Star

SPECIES: Eriastrum densifolium

FAMILY: Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/6/2002

LOCATION: Horseshoe Meadow Road, elevation 6,000,' Inyo National Forest, Lone Pine region, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Perennial

Stem erect or spreading, nearly glabrous to woolly

Leaf 10–50 mm; lobes generally 2–16, glabrous to woolly

Flower: corolla funnel-shaped, blue or white, tube 15–35 mm, lobes 5–15 mm; stamens equal, attached in throat or upper tube, excerpted

Ecology: Dunes, dry riverbeds, open slopes

Elevation: 0–2900 m.  

Bioregional distribution: s Sierra Nevada, s Central Coast, South Coast Ranges, Southwestern California, East of Sierra Nevada, w Mojave Desert  

Distribution outside California: Baja California