Eriogonum heermannii var. floccosum Munz

Shrubs, rounded, usually sparsely branched, 3-6 × 4-8 dm. Leaf blades oblanceolate, (0.5-)0.8-1.5 × 0.2-0.5 cm, tomentose to floccose abaxially. Inflorescences rather dense 5-12 × 5-20 cm; branches rather diffuse, with racemosely arranged involucres at tips, slender, round, smooth, floccose to thinly tomentose, not spinose. Involucres campanulate, 1-1.5(-2) × 1-1.5 mm. Flowers 2-3 mm; perianth yellowish white.