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Woolly Sunflower Plant Care
Eriophyllum pringlei A.Gray
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Eriophyllum pringlei is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Pringle's woolly sunflower. It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, Nevada, California) and northern Mexico (Baja California), where it grows in several types of desert, canyon, and hillside habitat, such as chaparral and sagebrush.
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How do you care for Woolly Sunflower?
Woolly Sunflower grows best in full sun.
Where Is the Woolly Sunflower Native To?
What Is the Woolly Sunflower?
Woolly Sunflower (Eriophyllum pringlei) belongs to the Asteraceae family within the Eriophyllum genus. Woolly Sunflower is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Woolly Sunflower is also known as Actinolepis pringlei.
Woolly Sunflower displays a low, spreading perennial growth habit, reaching up to tall with a spread of approximately . Woolly Sunflower produces small yellow daisy-like flowers in clusters.
What Light Does the Woolly Sunflower Need?
Woolly Sunflower thrives in full sun.
Light Requirement
Full sun
What Soil Mix Works Best for a Woolly Sunflower?
Well-draining sandy soil with some organic matter. Good drainage is essential for Woolly Sunflower to prevent waterlogging, which leads to root rot and fungal issues.
How Do You Repot a Woolly Sunflower?
Divide clumps every 2-3 years. Choose a pot one size larger than the current container, and ensure it has drainage holes to allow excess water to escape.
How Do You Propagate a Woolly Sunflower?
Woolly Sunflower can be propagated through seeds, division. Similar propagation techniques also apply to ambrosia eriophyllum plant care, which shares the same genus.
Is the Woolly Sunflower Toxic to Pets and Children?
Pet safety not verified
The ASPCA does not list Woolly Sunflower, so we can't confirm whether it is safe for cats and dogs. Keep pets from chewing it as a precaution.
This is a general caution, not veterinary or medical advice. If your pet ate a plant, contact your vet or animal poison control.
See all plants toxic to cats and plants toxic to dogs.
What Pests and Diseases Affect the Woolly Sunflower?
Woolly Sunflower is susceptible to aphids, whiteflies, spider mites. Inspect the foliage regularly, especially along leaf undersides and stems. Treat infestations promptly with insecticidal soap or neem oil to prevent spread.
Yellow leaves, brown tips or drooping? See common plant problems and how to fix them.
Keep exploring plants
Woolly Sunflower is one of many species covered in the complete plant care and identification guide, which groups plants by genus, attribute, and popularity.
It belongs to the Eriophyllum genus — compare its care with other Eriophyllum species on PlantoScan.
Eriophyllum is part of the Asteraceae plant family — browse all Asteraceae genera and species.
Woolly Sunflower thrives in bright light and direct sun — see other bright-light plants.
More Eriophyllum Species
Other Eriophyllum species in PlantoScan's care catalogue share similar watering, light, and soil preferences:
Sources
- Scientific name & taxonomy: Eriophyllum pringlei A.Gray, family Asteraceae (first published in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 25 (1883)) — World Flora Online record, IPNI name record.
- Pet toxicity: Pet safety not verified: the ASPCA does not list Woolly Sunflower, so we can't confirm whether it is safe for cats and dogs. Checked against the ASPCA plant list; any other toxicity note on this page comes from PlantoScan's plant database.
- Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons — original.
- Care values(watering, light, temperature, humidity, soil, fertilizing): PlantoScan's plant database, filtered by automatic plausibility checks — values that fail them are hidden. How we source and check plant data.
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