Eriastrum eremicum (Jeps.) H.Mason is a plant in the Polemoniaceae family, order Ericales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Eriastrum eremicum (Jeps.) H.Mason
Eriastrum eremicum, the desert woollystar, is an annual sky-blue phlox of the Sonoran Desert.
Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.
Eriastrum eremicum, commonly known as the desert woollystar, is an annual plant species belonging to the phlox family, Polemoniaceae. It is found growing in the Sonoran Desert, where it frequently grows in very large populations, covering the entire desert floor in a widespread blanket of sky blue color.
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Phlox divaricata L.
Navarretia leucocephala Benth.
Polemonium vanbruntiae Britton
Phlox subulata L.
Leptosiphon liniflorus (Benth.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
Collomia grandiflora Lindl.
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