PlantFiles: Oregon Sunshine, Woolly Sunflower, Woolly Daisy
Eriophyllum lanatum

This is our second year with this beautiful perennial in our full sun Chicago border. My sister gave it to us after she acquired it as a seedling at a "plant trade" and we thought it was a Stachys byzantina (lamb's ear-but the taller variety). It did not bloom the first year, but did not spread out like lamb's ear. Then all of a sudden in the middle of the second Spring these beautiful yellow bursts sprung from the plant and began to bloom. Its flowers were very dramatic.The flowering season for us lasted April thru early September using a very rich commercial soil covered with wood chips to retain moisture. I would recommend this plant to anyone with a sunny spot where you need a little color-YELLOW !!!

Indigenous to Whiskeytown National Park; observed along road approaching Whiskeytown Dam and shady areas near Whiskeytown Cemetery.

I have one growing in 4b... it seems to have found a niche in which it will survive. It has never bloomed, but the foliage is a nice gray with interesting texture.

The slightly sprawling 6-8-inch plants produce hundreds of 1-inch yellow daisies from the middle of May through the end of June. As summer heat builds, the foliage begins to take on it characteristic "dusty" look.
Overhead watering or high humidity will result in greener foliage and cause plants to melt out.