Eriophyllum lanatum (Woolly daisy)

5/3/2018 · Park Blvd., Joshua Tree National Park, California · ≈ 3 × 2½″ (7.8 × 6.3 cm)

5/3/2018 · Park Blvd., Joshua Tree National Park, California · ≈ 3 × 2½″ (8.4 × 6.7 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Asterales	Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family	Asteraceae	The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus	Eriophyllum	From the Greek erion, “wool,” and phyllon, “leaf,” referring to the matted white hairs that cover the plant when young
Species	lanatum	Covered with long, woolly hair