Sunflower, Woolly;  Eriophyllum lanatum

Mid bloomer.  Large, yellow flowers, gray hairy stems and leaves.  Common plant with many variations. Notes:  Aster (Sunflower) family.  Also called Common Woolly Sunflower.  Some members of this family provided food for the Maidu and the extract a cure for poison oak.  The seeds were sun-dried and ground into meal.  Pinnate leaves, mostly near the base, white woolly covering. Click on species name below to go to USDA for this species. Kingdom Plantae -- Plants      Subkingdom Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants          Superdivision Spermatophyta -- Seed plants              Division Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants                  Class Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons                      Subclass Asteridae                          Order Asterales                              Family Asteraceae -- Aster family                                  Genus Eriophyllum Lag. -- woolly sunflower                                     Species Eriophyllum lanatum (Pursh) Forbes                                      -- common woolly sunflower Contains 12 Varieties and 12 accepted taxa overall

Sunflower, Woolly;  Eriophyllum lanatum