Eriastrum diffusum (A.Gray) H.Mason

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Plants of MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.
Polemoniaceae
Phlox Family
SPREADING WOOLLYSTAR
Eriastrum diffusum (A. Gray) H. Mason
(det. J.D. Morefield, December 2021)
WHITE MOUNTAINS: just south of road to mouth of Pellisier Creek, 1.3 mile S67°W of
Mountain View and Proctor Mine, Hammil Valley - Owens Valley watershed. Locally common.
Onen areas between shrubs on granitic alluvium sloping 4°W, with Ephedra nevadensis,
Cravia svinosa Artemisia spinescens, Krascheninnikovia lanata, Psorothamnus arborescens
minutifolius Opuntia basilaris basilaris, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus puberulus, etc.
Sprawling annuals with stiff reddish black stems and pale lavender corollas.
ELEVATION 5080 ft (1548 m). 37.71521°N 118.39287°W (±110m), WGS84 datum.
T3S R32E SI, SE/4 ofNE/4.
More data & photos: https://www.inat.uralist.org/observations/104893132__
James D. Morefield 5591
(duplicate 3 of 5)
26 April 1992
04415939