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shrubby goldenweed, single-headed goldenweed

Habit Plants 1–4 dm.
Stems

becoming stipitate-glandular.

Leaves

oblanceolate or elliptic, 0.5–4 cm, glabrous or stipitate-glandular, often gland-dotted.

Inflorescences

leafy, 2–3-headed; raceme-like arrays or heads solitary.

Involucres

campanulate, 9–15 mm.

Ray florets

1–8;

rays 8–14 mm, yellow.

Disc florets

15–40;

corollas 8.5–10.5 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

in 3–5 subequal series, broadly to narrowly lanceolate, chartaceous below, glabrous or minutely glandular; outer ? inner.

Fruits

5.5–8 mm, pubescent.

Heads

radiate.

Ericameria cooperi

Ericameria suffruticosa

Distribution
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Discussion

Open slopes, moraines, scree, ridges. Flowering Jul–Sep. 2200–3000 m. BW, Casc. CA, ID, NV; northeast to MT, east to WY. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 249
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
E. arborescens, E. bloomeri, E. discoidea, E. greenei, E. nana, E. nauseosa, E. parryi, E. resinosa, E. suffruticosa
E. arborescens, E. bloomeri, E. discoidea, E. greenei, E. nana, E. nauseosa, E. parryi, E. resinosa
Synonyms Haplopappus suffruticosus
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