Ericameria compacta

Ericameria compacta, the Charleston Mountain goldenbush, is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in pine forests in the Spring and Sheep Mountains of Clark County, Nevada. Fewer than 12 populations have been found.[3][4]

Ericameria compacta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ericameria
Species:
E. compacta
Binomial name
Ericameria compacta
Synonyms[1]
  • Haplopappus bloomeri subsp. compactus H.M.Hall
  • Haplopappus bloomeri var. compactus (H.M.Hall) S.F.Blake
  • Aplopappus bloomeri var. compactus (H.M.Hall) S.F.Blake[2]
  • Haplopappus compactus (H.M.Hall) L.C.Anderson

Ericameria compacta is a branching shrub up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. Leaves are oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate, up to 4 cm (1.6 inches) long. One plant can form many small, yellow flower heads, each with as many as 16 disc florets but no ray florets.[5][6]

References
  1. The Plant List, Ericameria compacta (H.M.Hall) G.L.Nesom
  2. Tropicos, Haplopappus bloomeri var. compactus (H.M. Hall) S.F. Blake
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Nevada Rare Plant Atlas, Ericameria compacta (Hall [1928]) Nesom, Charleston Mountain goldenbush
  5. "Ericameria compacta in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  6. Hall, H. M. 1928. The genus Haplopappus, a phylogenetic study in the Compositae. Publications of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 389: 1-391.

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