About Eriophyllum lanosum (A.Gray) A.Gray
Eriophyllum lanosum, commonly known as the white woolly daisy or white easterbonnets, is a spring wildflower belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It grows naturally in the eastern Mojave Desert and the Sonoran Desert, located in the southwestern United States (including California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico) and northwestern Mexico (including Baja California and Sonora). It is a small annual plant, and rarely grows taller than 10 cm (3.9 inches). The plant often goes unnoticed, as it blends in with surrounding gravel and sand. It produces a white-woolly stem and moderately woolly leaves. Each flowering stalk bears a single flower head. Every head contains 8 to 10 ray florets, which are white with red veins. These ray florets surround 10 to 20 tiny yellow disc florets.
