Eriophyllum lutescens

Eriophyllum lutescens Rydberg, sp. nov
A low cespitose perennial; stems decumbent at the base, rarely more than 1 dm. high, densely tomentose; lower leaves cuneate, more or less 3-toothed at the apex, with a yellowish tomentum, 1-1.5 cm. long; upper leaves oblanceolate and entire; heads solitary at the ends of the stems; peduncles 3-5 cm. long; involucre turbinate, about 6 mm. high and broad; bracts 9-12, elliptic, obtuse, sparingly floccose: ray-flowers 9-12; ligules golden-yellow, 9-10 mm. long, 2-3 mm. wide; disk-corollas 3 mm. long, glandular-puberulent; achenes about 4 mm. long, glabrous; squamellae ovate, acute, nearly 1 mm. long.
Type collected on Shuleye Mountain, Madera County, California, 1907, John Murdoch 2585 (Gray Herb.).