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Ericameria is a genus of North American shrubs in the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4]

Ericameria
Ericameria nauseosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Astereae
Subtribe:	Pentachaetinae
Genus:	Ericameria Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
Haplopappus sect. Stenotopsis (Rydb.) H.M.Hall Haplopappus sect. Macronema (Nutt.) A.Gray Haplopappus sect. Asiris H.M.Hall Ericameria sect. Stenotopsis (Rydb.) Urbatsch & Wussow Stenotopsis Rydb. Haplopappus sect. Ericameria (Nutt.) A.Gray Macronema Nutt.

Ericameria is known by the common names goldenbush, rabbitbrush, turpentine bush, and rabbitbush. Most are shrubs but one species (E. parishii) can reach tree stature. They are distributed in western Canada (Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia) western United States (from the western Great Plains to the Pacific) and northern Mexico. Bright yellow flower heads adorn the plants in late summer. All the species have disc florets, while some have ray florets but others do not. Ericameria nauseosa, (synonym Chrysothamnus nauseosus), is known for its production of latex.[5][4]

Etymology

Ericameria is based on the genus name Erica and the Greek word meros ('part'), in reference to the similarity of the plant's leaves to those of Erica.[6]

Uses

This genus has a number of admirable landscape plants for heavily alkaline soils, but most species need extensive rejuvenation pruning every three years, making not ideal for common yards. Overwatering will kill the plants.

Ericameria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia argentifascia, Schinia tertia, Schinia unimacula and Schinia walsinghami.

Selected species

Ericameria section Asiris

• Ericameria albida
• Ericameria arizonica
• Ericameria cervina
• Ericameria discoidea
• Ericameria gilmanii
• Ericameria lignumviridis
• Ericameria nana
• Ericameria nauseosa (syn. Chrysothamnus nauseosus)
• Ericameria obovata
• Ericameria ophitidis
• Ericameria parryi — Parry's rabbitbrush
• Ericameria resinosa
• Ericameria watsonii

Ericameria section Ericameria

• Ericameria arborescens — Golden-fleece; exclusive food plant of the moth Bucculatrix ericameriae
• Ericameria brachylepis — Boundary goldenbush
• Ericameria cooperi
• Ericameria cuneata
• Ericameria ericoides — Mock heather, goldenbush
• Ericameria fasciculata — Eastwood's goldenbush
• Ericameria juarezensis
• Ericameria laricifolia
• Ericameria linearifolia
• Ericameria martirensis
• Ericameria palmeri — Palmer's goldenweed, false broomweed
• Ericameria paniculata — Sticky rabbitbrush, black-banded rabbitbrush
• Ericameria parishii
• Ericameria pinifolia — Pine goldenbush
• Ericameria teretifolia — Needle-leaved rabbitbrush

Ericameria section Macronema

• Ericameria bloomeri
• Ericameria compacta
• Ericameria crispa
• Ericameria greenei
• Ericameria suffruticosa
• Ericameria winwardii
• Ericameria zionis

References

External links

• Media related to Ericameria at Wikimedia Commons
• Jepson Manual Treatment of Ericameria
• United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile for Ericameria

На других языках

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[es] Ericameria

Ericameria es un género de plantas con flores perteneciente a la familia Asteraceae.[1][2] Es un arbusto caduco naturales de las regiones áridas del oeste de EE. UU. y México. Es conocido por sus brillantes flores blancas o amarillas que florecen en el verano tardío. E. nauseosus se le conoce por su producción de látex.

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