''Eriastrum wilcoxii'' is a species of flowering plant in the
phlox family known by the common name Wilcox's woollystar. It is native to the western United States, where it grows in various types of desert and plateau habitat. It is an annual herb producing a thin, branching, usually woolly stem up to about 30 centimeters tall. The leaves are narrow and thready, up to 3 centimeters long, and sometimes divided into two or more lobes. The
inflorescence
In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...
is a woolly cluster of narrow, leaflike
bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale.
Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves in size, color, shape or texture. They also lo ...
s laced with webby fibers. The small flowers have yellow throats and blue corollas with lobes up to half a centimeter long.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
wilcoxii
Flora of the Western United States
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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