Polemoniaceae
Miniature woollystar
Eriastrum diffusum
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Eriastrum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Miniature woollystar
Synonyms
- Gilia filifolia var. diffusa A.Gray
- Hugelia diffusa (A.Gray) Jeps.
- Navarretia filifolia var. diffusa (A.Gray) Brand
- Welwitschia diffusa Rydb.
- Welwitschia filifolia var. diffusa (A.Gray) Tidestr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.