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Ericameria winwardii is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only on in two adjacent counties in the western United States: Lincoln County in Wyoming and Bear Lake County in Idaho.[2][3]

Ericameria winwardii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Ericameria
Species:	E. winwardii
Binomial name
Ericameria winwardii (Dorn & Delmatier) R.P.Roberts & Urbatsch
Synonyms[1]
Ericameria discoidea var. winwardii Dorn & Delmatier

Ericameria winwardii is a branching shrub up to 20 cm (8 inches) tall. Leaves are elliptic or oblanceolate up to 15 mm (0.6 inches) long. It sometimes produces flower heads one at a time, sometimes in groups, each head with 4–9 disc florets but no ray florets.[4]

References

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Wyoming, isotype of Ericameria winwardii

Media related to Ericameria winwardii at Wikimedia Commons

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