Miniature Woollystar Flower Sabino Canyon 3/17/16 Miniature Woollystar Flower Sabino Canyon 3/17/16 Miniature Woollystar Cluster Sabino Canyon 3/17/16 Miniature Woollystar Stem Miniature Woollystar Plant Sabino Canyon 3/17/16 Miniature Woollystar Plant


Wildflowers of Southern Arizona


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Miniature Woollystar.
Eriastrum diffusum.
Phlox (Polemoniaceae) Family.

The flowers are clustered in woolly, spiky flower heads. The individual flowers are tubular, up to 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) long, and have 5 lobes, a white to yellow throat, and exserted stamens that are shorter than the length of the flower lobes. The leaves are dark green, shiny, and narrowly linear with sharply pointed tips and wool in the leaf axils.

Santa Catalina Mountains
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
Location: Adjacent to Bear Canyon Trail 0.25 mile from Visitor Center
3/31/15

Notes: Sabino Canyon abandoned picnic area 3/17/16

See SEINet Pictures and Description

See FireFly Forest Pictures and Description

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