Ericameria juarezensis
Appearance
Ericameria juarezensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Ericameria |
Species: | E. juarezensis
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Binomial name | |
Ericameria juarezensis | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Haplopappus juarezensis Moran |
Ericameria juarezensis is a plant species in the family Asteraceae, found only in the mountains of northern Baja California.[2]
Ericameria juarezensis is a branching shrub up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall and 120 cm (4 feet) across. Stems can be as much as 3 cm (1.2 inches) in diameter at the base, with gray-brown, shedding bark. Leaves are obovate or oblanceolate, with no teeth on the edges. Flower heads are yellow, sometimes with as many as 26 disc florets but no ray florets.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ The Plant List, Ericameria juarezensis (Moran) Urbatsch
- ^ Flora of North America, Goldenbush, Ericameria Nuttall
- ^ Moran, Reid Venable Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 15(11): 154–157 diagnosis in Latin, commentary and description in English, 2 photos of the plant in the field