Eriastrum abramsii is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Abrams' woollystar. The epithet abramsii commemorates LeRoy Abrams.[3] It is endemic to California, where it is known from the hills of the Coast Ranges in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. It is an annual herb producing a thin, usually woolly stem up to about 15 centimeters tall. The leaves are divided into several narrow, threadlike linear lobes. The inflorescence is a woolly cluster of narrow, leaflike bracts laced with webby fibers. The small flowers have yellow throats and white or blue corolla lobes.

Eriastrum abramsii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Eriastrum
Species:
E. abramsii
Binomial name
Eriastrum abramsii
Synonyms[1][2]

Hugelia abramsii (Elmer) Jeps. & V.L.Bailey
Navarretia abramsii Elmer

References

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  1. ^ "Eriastrum abramsii (Elmer) H.Mason". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "Eriastrum abramsii (Elmer) H.Mason". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  3. ^ Eggli, U.; Newton, L.E. (2004). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 1. ISBN 978-3-540-00489-9. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
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