Ericameria juarezensis

Ericameria juarezensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ericameria
Species:
E. juarezensis
Binomial name
Ericameria juarezensis
Synonyms[1]

Haplopappus juarezensis Moran

Ericameria juarezensis is a plant species in the family Asteraceae, found only in the mountains of northern Baja California.[2]

Ericameria juarezensis is a branching shrub up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall and 120 cm (4 feet) across. Stems can be as much as 3 cm (1.2 inches) in diameter at the base, with gray-brown, shedding bark. Leaves are obovate or oblanceolate, with no teeth on the edges. Flower heads are yellow, sometimes with as many as 26 disc florets but no ray florets.[3]

References

  1. ^ The Plant List, Ericameria juarezensis (Moran) Urbatsch
  2. ^ Flora of North America, Goldenbush, Ericameria Nuttall
  3. ^ Moran, Reid Venable Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 15(11): 154–157 diagnosis in Latin, commentary and description in English, 2 photos of the plant in the field


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