Eriastrum

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.^[2]

Eriastrum
Eriastrum eremicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Genus:	Eriastrum Wooton & Standl. (1913)
Species[1]
18; see text
Synonyms[1]
Hugelia Benth. (1833), non Huegelia Rchb. Welwitschia Rchb. (1837), nom. rej.

Species

18 species are accepted.^[1]

• Eriastrum abramsii (Elmer) H.Mason - Abrams' woollystar
• Eriastrum calocyanum S.J.De Groot
• Eriastrum densifolium (Benth.) H.Mason - giant woollystar
• Eriastrum diffusum (A.Gray) H.Mason - miniature woollystar
• Eriastrum eremicum (Jeps.) H.Mason - desert woollystar
• Eriastrum ertterae D.Gowen
• Eriastrum filifolium (Nutt.) Wooton & Standl. - lavender woollystar
• Eriastrum harwoodii (T.T.Craig) D.Gowen
• Eriastrum hooveri (Jeps.) H.Mason - Hoover's woollystar
• Eriastrum luteum (Benth.) H.Mason - yellow woollystar
• Eriastrum pluriflorum (A.Heller) H.Mason - Tehachapi woollystar
• Eriastrum rosamondense D.Gowen
• Eriastrum sapphirinum (Eastw.) H.Mason - sapphire woollystar
• Eriastrum signatum D.Gowen
• Eriastrum sparsiflorum Eastw.) H.Mason - Great Basin woollystar
• Eriastrum tracyi H.Mason (syn. Eriastrum brandegeeae H.Mason) - Brandegee's woollystar
• Eriastrum virgatum (Benth.) H.Mason - wand woollystar
• Eriastrum wilcoxii (A.Nelson) H.Mason - Wilcox's woollystar