Eriophyllum staechadifolium var. artemisiaefolium - Seaside woolly sunflower

Seaside woolly sunflower (Eriophyllum staechadifolium var. artemisiaefolium) is a flat to mounding evergreen perennial of California’s coastal bluffs, grown as a nectar plant for native bees and butterflies. It grows 0.5-0.8 m tall and 0.5-1 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial
• Evergreen

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Ground cover¹
• Attracting bees¹
• Attracting beneficial insects¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.5-0.8
Diameter (m)	0.5-1

Footnotes

1. Eriophyllum staechadifolium var. artemisiaefolium, Yellow Yarrow | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩