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Woolly Goldenweed Plant Care
Eriophyllum lanosum A.Gray
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Eriophyllum lanosum, the white woolly daisy or white easterbonnets, is a spring wildflower in the family Asteraceae. It grows in the eastern Mojave Desert and the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States (California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico) and northwestern Mexico (Baja California + Sonora).
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How do you care for Woolly Goldenweed?
Woolly Goldenweed grows best in full sun.
What Is the Woolly Goldenweed?
Woolly Goldenweed (Eriophyllum lanosum) belongs to the Asteraceae family within the Eriophyllum genus. Woolly Goldenweed is also known as Woolly Yarrow, Antheropeas lanosum, Burrielia lanosa.
Woolly Goldenweed displays a low, spreading perennial growth habit, reaching up to tall with a spread of approximately . Woolly Goldenweed produces small yellow daisy-like flowers in clusters.
What Light Does the Woolly Goldenweed Need?
Woolly Goldenweed thrives in full sun.
Light Requirement
Full sun
What Soil Mix Works Best for a Woolly Goldenweed?
Well-draining sandy soil with some organic matter. Good drainage is essential for Woolly Goldenweed to prevent waterlogging, which leads to root rot and fungal issues.
How Do You Repot a Woolly Goldenweed?
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 Goldenweed?
Woolly Goldenweed can be propagated through seeds, division. Similar propagation techniques also apply to ambrosia eriophyllum plant care, which shares the same genus.
Is the Woolly Goldenweed Toxic to Pets and Children?
Pet safety not verified
The ASPCA does not list Woolly Goldenweed, 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 Goldenweed?
Woolly Goldenweed 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.
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Woolly Goldenweed 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 Goldenweed 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:
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- Scientific name & taxonomy: Eriophyllum lanosum A.Gray, family Asteraceae (first published in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts xix. (1883) 25.) — World Flora Online record, IPNI name record.
- Pet toxicity: Pet safety not verified: the ASPCA does not list Woolly Goldenweed, 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: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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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