Biology:Eriastrum eremicum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Eriastrum eremicum
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Eriastrum
Species:
E. eremicum
Binomial name
Eriastrum eremicum
(Jeps.) H.Mason

Eriastrum eremicum, the desert woollystar, is an annual plant in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae) found in the Sonoran Desert.[1]:129 It often grows in great abundance covering the desert floor in a blanket of sky blue color.[1]:129

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN:9780762773688

Wikidata ☰ Q15400664 entry