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Eriophyllum jepsonii is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Jepson's woolly sunflower. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the Central Coast Ranges and adjacent hills from Contra Costa to Ventura Counties. It grows in dry habitat such as chaparral and oak woodland. This is a small shrub producing woolly, whitish stems 50 to 80 centimeters tall. It is lined with lobed oval leaves each a few centimeters long and coated in woolly fibers. The flower cluster produces one or more flower heads containing many hairy or bristly yellowish disc florets and 6 to 8 yellow ray florets each up to a centimeter long. The fruit is an achene tipped with a pappus of approximately 8 scales.

Plant type

Shrub, Perennial herb

Size

2 - 3 ft Tall

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Color

Yellow

Flowering season

Spring

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Sunset Zones

7*, 8, 9, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Site type

Dry places,

Plant communities

Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Foothill Woodland, Northern Coastal Scrub

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 4 likely

Confirmed Likely

Geranium Plume Moth

Amblyptilia pica

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana

Lupine Ghost Moths

Phymatopus californicus

Platyptilia williamsii