What is "eriophyllum"

Eriophyllum \Eriophyllum\ n. a genus of hairy herbs and shrubs of Western North America.

Syn: genus Eriophyllum.

Eriophyllum, commonly known as the woolly sunflower, is a North American genus of plants in the sunflower family. The genus is native to western North America (USA, Canada, northwestern Mexico), with a concentration of narrow endemics in California.

Eriophyllum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Phymatopus californicus.