Ericameria nana

Ericameria nana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Ericameria
Species:	E. nana
Binomial name
	Ericameria nana; Nutt.
Synonyms
	Aster resinotus Kuntze; Chrysoma nana Greene; Chrysothamnus nanus Howel; Ericameria cervina (S.Watson) Rydb.; Haplopappus cervinus S.Watson; Haplopappus nanus (Nutt.) Eaton;

Ericameria nana is a North American species of flowering shrub in the daisy family known by the common names dwarf goldenbush and rubberweed.^[2] It is native to the western United States from eastern California, southeastern Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, and southwestern Montana.^[3]^[2]

Ericameria nana grows along cliffs and rocky hillsides. This is a small shrub rarely reaching a maximum height of 50 cm (20 inches). It is covered in a foliage of sticky, curved, somewhat fleshy leaves about 1 centimeter (0.4 inches) long. The tips of its erect branches hold dense inflorescences of tiny flower heads with cream white to yellow disc and ray florets.^[4]

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[1] The Plant List Ericameria nana Nutt.

[donnanoble-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Calflora taxon report, University of California, Ericameria nana Nutt., Rubberweed, dwarf goldenbush

[3] Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

[4] Flora of North America, Dwarf goldenbush, Ericameria nana Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 319. 1840.

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