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Ericameria discoidea, commonly known as whitestem goldenbush or sharp-scale goldenweed[2][3] is a species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. This plant is native to the western United States from California, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, and Montana.[4][3]

Ericameria discoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Ericameria
Species:	E. discoidea
Binomial name
Ericameria discoidea (Nutt.) G.L.Nesom
Synonyms[1]
Aster macronema (A.Gray) Kuntze Bigelowia macronema (A.Gray) M.E.Jones Haplopappus macronema (Nutt.) A.Gray Macronema discoidea Nutt.

Ericameria discoidea grows in clumpy thickets on rocky slopes. It is a small shrub reaching a maximum height of 40 centimeters (16 inches). It has many erect branches covered in a foliage of oval-shaped leaves coated in dense white woolly fibers and tiny stalked resin glands. Atop each short branch is an inflorescence of many flower heads, each packed with sometimes as many as 70 disc florets that bloom in golden yellow and wilt to a rusty orange. There are no ray florets.[2]

References

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
• Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California

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