Eriophyllum confertiflorum - Golden yarrow

Golden yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum) is a dryland perennial of California chaparral, coastal sage scrub, and oak woodland, 1 to 2 feet tall with bright yellow flowers from spring into early summer, valued as a butterfly plant.¹ It grows 0.1-1 m tall and 0.3-0.5 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial

Functions

• Flammable²
• Attracting beneficial insects¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.1-1
Diameter (m)	0.3-0.5

Footnotes

1. Eriophyllum confertiflorum, Golden Yarrow | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 2 seconds ↩