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Eriophyllum mohavense
Also called Barstow Woolly Sunflower, Mohave Woolly Sunflower
Mojave woolly sunflower is a tiny, rare annual daisy found only in the Mojave Desert of California, forming woolly tufts only 1 to 3 cm tall. It is a wild desert species and is not commonly grown in gardens, so the key to growing it is to match its open, gravelly desert conditions.
Eriophyllum mohavense, also known as the Mojave woolly sunflower or the Barstow woolly sunflower, is a rare species of small annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, found only (endemic) in the Mojave Desert of California.
Eriophyllum mohavense grows in open loamy, gravelly, or clay soils of the Mojave Desert. It grows between 1,500 and 3,000 feet (450–900 meters) elevation. It can be found in creosote bush scrub and saltbush scrub plant communities. It has been found in Kramer Hills, Boron, around Harper Dry Lake, Opal Mountain, Cuddleback Lake, and Kramer Junction. Some populations have been found within the boundaries of Edwards Air Force Base and Joshua Tree National Park.
Beautiful woolly sunflower · Golden-yarrow · Congdon's woolly sunflower · Jepson's woolly sunflower · Common woolly sunflower · White Easterbonnets · San Mateo 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 mohavense 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.
