Ericameria compacta
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Ericameria compacta, Charleston Mountain goldenbush, is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family. 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 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
- ^ Tropicos, Haplopappus bloomeri var. compactus (H.M. Hall) S.F. Blake
- ^ The Plant List, Ericameria compacta (H.M.Hall) G.L.Nesom
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Nevada Rare Plant Atlas, Ericameria compacta (Hall [1928]) Nesom, Charleston Mountain goldenbush
- ^ Flora of North America, Ericameria compacta (H. M. Hall) G. L. Nesom, Phytologia. 68: 152. 1990. Charleston Mountain goldenbush
- ^ Hall, H. M. 1928. The genus Haplopappus, a phylogenetic study in the Compositae. Publications of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 389: 1-391.