Eriastrum

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Eriastrum eremicum 3.jpg |image_caption = ''Eriastrum eremicum'' |taxon = Eriastrum |authority = Wooton & Standl. (1913) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 18; see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295469-2 ''Eriastrum'' Wooton & Standl.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 18 April 2024.</ref> |synonyms = *''Hugelia'' {{small|Benth. (1833)}}, non ''Huegelia'' {{small|Rchb.}} *''Welwitschia'' {{small|Rchb. (1837), nom. rej.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}

'''''Eriastrum''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the phlox family which are known commonly as '''woollystars'''. These wildflowers are somewhat diverse in appearance but are usually erect, thin-stemmed herbs which bear purple to white blooms. Most species have inflorescences which are webbed with a woolly mesh of white fibers. Woollystars are native to western North America.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Calflora: Plant Search|url=https://www.calflora.org//cgi-bin/specieslist.cgi?where-genus=Eriastrum|access-date=2020-07-10|website=www.calflora.org}}</ref>

==Species== 18 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Eriastrum abramsii'' {{small|(Elmer) H.Mason}} - Abrams' woollystar *''Eriastrum calocyanum'' {{small|S.J.De Groot}} *''Eriastrum densifolium'' {{small|(Benth.) H.Mason}} - giant woollystar *''Eriastrum diffusum'' {{small|(A.Gray) H.Mason}} - miniature woollystar *''Eriastrum eremicum'' {{small|(Jeps.) H.Mason}} - desert woollystar *''Eriastrum ertterae'' {{small|D.Gowen}} *''Eriastrum filifolium'' {{small|(Nutt.) Wooton & Standl.}} - lavender woollystar *''Eriastrum harwoodii'' {{small|(T.T.Craig) D.Gowen}} *''Eriastrum hooveri'' {{small|(Jeps.) H.Mason}} - Hoover's woollystar *''Eriastrum luteum'' {{small|(Benth.) H.Mason}} - yellow woollystar *''Eriastrum pluriflorum'' {{small|(A.Heller) H.Mason}} - Tehachapi woollystar *''Eriastrum rosamondense'' {{small|D.Gowen}} *''Eriastrum sapphirinum'' {{small|(Eastw.) H.Mason}} - sapphire woollystar *''Eriastrum signatum'' {{small|D.Gowen}} *''Eriastrum sparsiflorum'' {{small|Eastw.) H.Mason}} - Great Basin woollystar *''Eriastrum tracyi'' {{small|H.Mason}} (syn. ''Eriastrum brandegeeae'' {{small|H.Mason}}) - Brandegee's woollystar *''Eriastrum virgatum'' {{small|(Benth.) H.Mason}} - wand woollystar *''Eriastrum wilcoxii'' {{small|(A.Nelson) H.Mason}} - Wilcox's woollystar

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Eriastrum}} *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5654,5671 Jepson Manual Treatment]

Category:Eriastrum Category:Polemoniaceae genera Category:Flora of Northern America