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Congdon's woolly sunflower

Eriophyllum congdonii

Congdon's woolly sunflower is a rare annual wildflower from the Sierra Nevada foothills and Yosemite area of California, with woolly whitish leaves and small yellow flower heads. It is a wild plant rather than a common garden subject, and it needs sun and well-drained soil.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water lightly during establishment and let dry soil dry out between waterings; it is adapted to a dry summer climate.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or rocky soil.
Temperature
Tolerates cool to warm conditions typical of its montane habitat; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
California

About

Eriophyllum congdonii, known by the common name Congdon's woolly sunflower, is a rare California species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

Where it grows

Eriophyllum congdonii is native to the mountains of central Mariposa County, California, where it grows along the valley of the Merced River as it flows through Yosemite National Park. One additional population has been reported on the east flank of Telescope Peak in Inyo County.

Other Eriophyllum plants

Beautiful woolly sunflower · Golden-yarrow · Jepson's woolly sunflower · Common woolly sunflower · White Easterbonnets · San Mateo woolly sunflower · Mojave woolly sunflower · Manystem woolly sunflower · Yosemite woolly sunflower · Pringle's woolly sunflower · Seaside woolly sunflower · Wallace's Woollyleaf

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriophyllum congdonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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