PLANTS Profile for Eriastrum sapphirinum (sapphire woollystar)

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PLANTS Profile

Eriastrum sapphirinum (Eastw.) H. Mason
sapphire woollystar

Symbol:

ERSA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Annual

Forb/herb

L48

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Eriastrum sapphirinum (Eastw.) H. Mason

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Distribution:
Eriastrum sapphirinum (Eastw.) H. Mason


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Related Taxa:
Eriastrum sapphirinum (Eastw.) H. Mason

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Classification:
Eriastrum sapphirinum (Eastw.) H. Mason

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Polemoniaceae – Phlox family
Genus	Eriastrum Woot. & Standl. – woollystar
Species	Eriastrum sapphirinum (Eastw.) H. Mason – sapphire woollystar

More Accounts and Images:
Eriastrum sapphirinum (Eastw.) H. Mason

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View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31068.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/26/2013 01:36 AM CDT