Eriophyllum staechadifolium is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae which is known by the common names seaside woolly sunflower and lizard tail. It is native to the coastline of Oregon and California including the Channel Islands. This is a plant of the beaches, dunes, and coastal scrub.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Seaside woolly sunflower being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Eriophyllum
- Species
- Eriophyllum staechadifolium
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