Ericameria suffruticosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Ericameria |
Species: | E. suffruticosa
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Binomial name | |
Ericameria suffruticosa (Nutt.) G.L.Nesom
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Ericameria suffruticosa, the singlehead goldenbush, is a subshrub to shrub in the family Asteraceae found in the western United States ( California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana). [2] [3] "Suffruticosa" means "shrublike". [4] [5]: 120
Ericameria suffruticosa is a subshrub to shrub 6 to 16 inches (15 to 41 cm) tall. [5]: 120 It has sticky, small, gray-green leaves that are wavy at the edges and highly aromatic when crushed. [5]: 120 One plant can produce several yellow flower heads with irregular structure, having its few disk flowers pointing in all directions, and 1-6 ray flowers haphazardly placed around the disk. [5]: 120 The species grows from 8,000 to 12,000 feet (2,400 to 3,700 m) in elevation on rocky flats, ledges, and exposed ridges in mountain and alpine plant communities. [5]: 120 [6]
Ericameria suffruticosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Ericameria |
Species: | E. suffruticosa
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Binomial name | |
Ericameria suffruticosa (Nutt.) G.L.Nesom
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Ericameria suffruticosa, the singlehead goldenbush, is a subshrub to shrub in the family Asteraceae found in the western United States ( California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana). [2] [3] "Suffruticosa" means "shrublike". [4] [5]: 120
Ericameria suffruticosa is a subshrub to shrub 6 to 16 inches (15 to 41 cm) tall. [5]: 120 It has sticky, small, gray-green leaves that are wavy at the edges and highly aromatic when crushed. [5]: 120 One plant can produce several yellow flower heads with irregular structure, having its few disk flowers pointing in all directions, and 1-6 ray flowers haphazardly placed around the disk. [5]: 120 The species grows from 8,000 to 12,000 feet (2,400 to 3,700 m) in elevation on rocky flats, ledges, and exposed ridges in mountain and alpine plant communities. [5]: 120 [6]