Misplaced Pages

Eriastrum

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Genus of flowering plants

Eriastrum
Eriastrum eremicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Eriastrum
Wooton & Standl. (1913)
Species

18; see text

Synonyms
  • Hugelia Benth. (1833), non Huegelia Rchb.
  • Welwitschia Rchb. (1837), nom. rej.

Eriastrum is a genus of flowering plants in the phlox family which are known commonly as woollystars. These wildflowers are somewhat diverse in appearance but are usually erect, thin-stemmed herbs which bear purple to white blooms. Most species have inflorescences which are webbed with a woolly mesh of white fibers. Woollystars are native to western North America.

Species

18 species are accepted.

References

  1. ^ Eriastrum Wooton & Standl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  2. "Calflora: Plant Search". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2020-07-10.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Eriastrum
Stub icon

This Polemoniaceae article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: