Polemoniaceae
Wand woollystar
Eriastrum virgatum
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Eriastrum
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Eriastrum virgatumPolemoniaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Wand woollystar
- Swedish
- Trådgilia
Synonyms
- Gilia virgata (Benth.) Steud.
- Gilia virgata var. ambigua T.T.Craig
- Gilia virgata var. typica T.T.Craig
- Hugelia virgata Benth.
- Navarretia virgata (Benth.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.