Ericameria_ophitidis

<i>Ericameria ophitidis</i>

Ericameria ophitidis

Species of flowering plant

Ericameria ophitidis is a North American species of flowering shrubs in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the northern part of the state of California in the western United States. It has been found only in three counties: Trinity County, western Tehama County, and the southwestern corner of Shasta County. It is called the serpentine goldenbush because it grows on serpentine soil, toxic to many other plants.[3][4]

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Ericameria ophitidis is a shrub up to 30 cm (12 inches or 1 foot) tall. It has narrow, linear leaves up to 15 mm (0.6 inches) long. Flower heads are yellow, solitary or in flat-topped arrays, each head with 5 or 6 disc florets but no ray florets.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    The Plant List, Ericameria ophitidis (J.T.Howell) G.L.Nesom
  2. [2]
    Howell, John Thomas 1950. Leaflets of Western Botany 6(4): 85–86. description in Latin, commentary in English, as Aplopappus bloomeri var. ophitidis
  3. [3]
    Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. [4]
    Calflora taxon report, University of California, Ericameria ophitidis (J.Howell) G.Nesom, serpentine goldenbush
  5. [5]
    Flora of North America, Ericameria ophitidis (J. T. Howell) G. L. Nesom, Phytologia. 68: 153. 1990. Serpentine goldenbush

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