Ericameria palmeri

Ericameria palmeri, or Palmer's goldenbush,[3] is a North American species of flowering shrubs in the family Asteraceae. It is native to southern California in the United States and to the state of Baja California in Mexico.[4][5]

Ericameria palmeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Ericameria
Species:	E. palmeri
Binomial name
Ericameria palmeri (A.Gray) H.M.Hall
Synonyms[1]
Aster nevinii Kuntze Haplopappus palmeri A.Gray Aplopappus palmeri A.Gray[2] Chrysoma palmeri (A. Gray) Greene Haplopappus palmeri var. pachylepis (H.M.Hall) Munz, syn of var. pachylepis Xylothamia palmeri var. pachylepis (H.M.Hall) G.L.Nesom ex M.A.Lane & R.L.Hartm., syn of var. pachylepis

Ericameria palmeri is a branching shrub sometimes as much as 400 cm (over 13 feet) tall. Leaves are linear to narrowly oblanceolate. One plant can produce many small, yellow flower heads, each containing 2–8 ray florets and 6–20 disc florets.[6]

Varieties[1][6][5]

• Ericameria palmeri var. pachylepis (H.M.Hall) G.L.Nesom - California from northern San Diego County north to Kern and San Luis Obispo Counties
• Ericameria palmeri var. palmeri - northern Baja California; California (San Diego Co, Orange Co, western Riverside Co, southwestern San Bernardino Co; isolated populations north of Calabasas in Los Angeles Co and southeast of Lake Isabella in Kern Co)