ERIOPHYLLUM. GOLDEN YARROW (Eriophyllum conftrti- 

 flbrum (DC.), Gray). Flower heads golden yellow, about 

 | inch across, with both disk and ray florets (the rays rather 

 roundish), in crowded, flat-topped clusters with short pedun- 

 cles. Leaves alternate, wedge-shaped in outline and parted 

 into several narrow divisions. A plant 1 to 2 feet high, white at 

 first with a close woolliness that later disappears; frequent on 

 hills and in the mountain chaparral belt at low altitudes; South- 

 ern and Central California, blooming from March till August. 



This is one of the noticeable plants of the Yosemite wood- 

 lands, and is readily recognized by its blossoms suggesting 

 in form and arrangement those of the yarrow, but yellow in- 

 stead of white. The botanical name of the genus means 

 "woolly foliage," suggested by the white tomentum that 

 clothes most of the species in youth. Confertiflorum, the 

 specific appellative, means "with crowded flowers." 



A kindred species is E. caspitosum, Dougl., widely dis- 

 tributed in several varieties from British Columbia to South- 

 ern California. It is noticeable in the redwood and the Sierra 

 forests, with numerous stems sprawling about the ground 

 from one root, and showy flower heads usually solitary on 

 prominent peduncles. 



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