Ericameria ericoides

Taxobox
name = "Ericameria ericoides"


image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Astereae
genus = "Ericameria"
species = "E. ericoides"
binomial = "Ericameria ericoides"
binomial_authority = (Less.) Jeps.
synonyms = "Diplopappus ericoides"
"Haplopappus ericoides"

"Ericameria ericoides" is a species of flowering shrub in the daisy family known by the common names California goldenbush and California heathgoldenrod. This plant is endemic to California, where it grows in the sand dunes and coastal hills between the northern San Francisco Bay Area and the Los Angeles area. This shrub rarely approaches a maximum height of one meter and is densely foliated with comblike fans of small cylindrical leaves up to a centimeter long. Its small erect branches are topped with inflorescences of small golden yellow flower heads, each with several disc florets and a few ray florets.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1081,1091 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERER11 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Ericameria+ericoides Photo gallery]