Eriophyllum ambiguum (A. Gray) A. Gray

Eriophyllum parviflorum (A. Gray) Rydberg
Bahia Wallacei A. Gray, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 7: 146. 1859. Not B. Wallacei A. Gray. 1857. Bahia parviflora A. Gray. Bot. Calif. 1: 382. 1876.
A floccose annual; stem branched at the base, 0.5-1.5 dm. high; leaves 1-2 cm. long,
the lower spatulate, the upper linear-oblanceolate, usually with a few teeth; peduncles 1-3 cm.
long; involucre campanulate, about 6 mm. high, 4-5 mm. broad; bracts usually united at
least at first; ray-flowers 6-8; ligules yellow, 2-3 mm. long and nearly as broad; disk-corollas
2 mm. long, the short tube densely glandular-hispid; achenes 2.5 mm. long, nearly prismatic,
somewhat thickened upwards, hirsutulous; squamellae about 8, minute.
Type locality: Fort Tejon, California. Distribution: Southern California.

Eriophyllum ambiguum A. Grav, Proc. Am. Acad. 19: 26
1883.
Lasthenia ambigua A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6: 547. 1865. Bahia ambigua A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1: 382. 1876.
A floccose annual; stem sparingly branched, 1-2 dm. high; leaves oblanceolate, entire,
1-2 cm. long; peduncles 1-3 cm. long; involucre campanulate, 6-7 mm. high, 4-5 mm. broad;
bracts usually united; free lobes lanceolate, acuminate; ray-flowers 6-8; ligules yellow, 2-3
mm. long, nearly as broad; disk-corollas 2.5 mm. long; tube short, densely glandular-hispid;
achenes 2.5 mm. long, glabrous; pappus wanting.
Type locality: Near Fort Tejon, California. Distribution: Southern California.