Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum (Desert Woolstar)

4/3/11 Sandy wash across road from Meccaccopia Trail, Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Desert Woolstar

SPECIES: Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum

FAMILY: Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/3/2011

LOCATION: Sandy wash across road from Meccaccopia Trail, Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Annual

Stem 5–30 cm

Leaf 5–55 mm; lobes 2–6, nearly glabrous to woolly

Flower: corolla generally bilateral, tube 4–9 mm, blue or yellow, throat generally yellow, lobes 4–8 mm, light to dark blue; stamens attached in lower throat or upper tube, unequal, bent toward lower corolla lip, excerpted

Ecology: Open areas in sandy soils

Elevation: < 1800 m.  

Bioregional distribution: White and Inyo Mountains, Desert 

Distribution outside California: to Nevada, Utah, Arizona

Flowering time: Apr–Jun