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Ericameria compacta, the Charleston Mountain goldenbush, is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in pine forests in the Spring and Sheep Mountains of Clark County, Nevada. Fewer than 12 populations have been found.[3][4]

Ericameria compacta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Ericameria
Species:	E. compacta
Binomial name
Ericameria compacta (H.M.Hall) G.L.Nesom
Synonyms[1]
Haplopappus bloomeri subsp. compactus H.M.Hall Haplopappus bloomeri var. compactus (H.M.Hall) S.F.Blake Aplopappus bloomeri var. compactus (H.M.Hall) S.F.Blake[2] Haplopappus compactus (H.M.Hall) L.C.Anderson

Ericameria compacta is a branching shrub up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. Leaves are oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate, up to 4 cm (1.6 inches) long. One plant can form many small, yellow flower heads, each with as many as 16 disc florets but no ray florets.[5][6]

References

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