Blooms: May-July
Habit: shrub,herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.

Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to south California, east to Wyoming and Nevada.
Habitat: Deeper soil of shrub-steppe to ponderosa pine forests and rocky ridges at mid-elevation in the mountains.

Species Description:

General: Perennial with a branched, woody base forming clumps up to 6 dm. broad and 4 dm. high, generally white-woolly throughout.
Leaves: Numerous, basal, linear-lanceolate to broadly oblanceolate, gray on both surfaces, on petioles several times as long as the blade,
Flowers: Peduncles 10-30 cm. long, usually with several leafy bracts about mid-length; inflorescence a compound umbel with narrow bracts at the base; involucres woolly, cup-shaped, the several lobes 2-3 mm. long; tepals white to cream, occasionally pinkish, glabrous externally, with a stipe-like base 1-3 mm. long.

Distinguishing Characteristics: The whorl of bracts at mid-stem is a good identifying feature if they are present, but they are often lacking in Kittitas, Chelan and Douglas Counties. The long, narrow, woolly leaves are distinctive in those areas

Subspecies & Varieties:

Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt.

Treated in Flora of the PNW as:

PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Eriogonum heracleoides specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Eriogonum heracleoides specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.

Washington Flora Checklist: Eriogonum heracleoides treatment.

E-Flora BC: Eriogonum heracleoides atlas page.

CalPhotos: Eriogonum heracleoides images.

USDA Plants Database: Eriogonum heracleoides.