Eriastrum sapphirinum (Sapphire Eriastrum, Sapphire Woollystar)

6/3/01 On our property in La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

 6/3/01 La Cresta

 5/22/05 La Cresta

6/1/03 San Juan Loop Trail, Cleveland National Forest, Santa Ana Mountains,

Orange/Riverside Counties, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Sapphire Eriastrum, Sapphire Woollystar

SPECIES: Eriastrum sapphirinum

FAMILY: Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 6/3/2001

LOCATION: On our property in La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Annual

Stem 5–40 cm; hairs minute, glandular

Leaf 5–55 mm, thread-like, nearly glabrous to woolly, entire or 2-lobed near base

Flower: corolla funnel-shaped, bilateral from unequal sinuses, tube 5–6 mm, blue or yellow, throat yellow, lobes 5–10 mm, bright blue; stamens attached in lower throat or upper tube, equal, exserted, generally extended beyond corolla lobes

Ecology: Many communities

Elevation: 700–2700 m.  

Bioregional distribution: s California Floristic Province, w Desert 

Flowering time: Jun–Aug

Synonyms: subspp. ambiguum (M.E. Jones) H. Mason, dasyanthum (Brand) H. Mason, gymnocephalum (Brand) H. Mason 

Horticultural information: TRY.