Asteraceae
Beautiful woolly sunflower
Eriophyllum ambiguum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Eriophyllum
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 小花綿葉菊, 小花绵叶菊
- English
- Beautiful woolly sunflower
Synonyms
- Bahia ambigua (A.Gray) A.Gray
- Bahia parviflora A.Gray
- Eriophyllum parishii Hall ex Constance
- Eriophyllum parviflorum Rydb.
- Lasthenia ambigua A.Gray
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 82 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: LM Cunningham, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: George Raymond, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leah Gardner, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: lejones417, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter A Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Leah Gardner, CC0, from iNaturalist
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- San Mateo woolly sunflowerEriophyllum latilobumAsteraceae
- Mojave woolly sunflowerEriophyllum mohavenseAsteraceae
- Manystem woolly sunflowerEriophyllum multicauleAsteraceae
- Yosemite woolly sunflowerEriophyllum nubigenumAsteraceae
- Woolly easterbonnetsEriophyllum wallaceiAsteraceae
- Jepson's woolly sunflowerEriophyllum jepsoniiAsteraceae
- Congdon's woolly sunflowerEriophyllum congdoniiAsteraceae
- Eriophyllum ambrosiodesAsteraceae
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.