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dwarf goldenbush, rubber weed

Habit Plants 0.5–5 dm.
Stems

glabrous, resinous; shiny.

Leaves

narrowly oblanceolate to elliptic or linear, 0.3–1.5 cm, glabrous, glandular-resinous.

Inflorescences

congested cyme-like arrays, rarely heads solitary.

Involucres

narrowly obconic, 5.5–7.5 mm.

Ray florets

1–7;

rays 3–4 mm, yellow.

Disc florets

4–8;

corollas 4.5–6.5 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

in 5–9 unequal series, linear-oblong; outer gradually < inner.

Fruits

4–5.5 mm, glabrous or sericeous.

Heads

radiate.

Ericameria nana

Distribution
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Discussion

Shrublands, open slopes, rock outcrops, cliffs. Flowering Jun–Oct. 1000–1400 m. Owy. CA, ID, NV; northeast to MT, southeast to UT. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 247
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
E. arborescens, E. bloomeri, E. discoidea, E. greenei, E. nauseosa, E. parryi, E. resinosa, E. suffruticosa
Synonyms Haplopappus nanus
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