Ericameria albida

Ericameria albida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Ericameria
Species: E. albida
Binomial name
Ericameria albida
(M.E.Jones ex A.Gray) L.C.Anderson
Synonyms[1]
  • Aster marcusii Kuntze
  • Bigelowia albida M.E.Jones ex A.Gray
  • Bigelovia albida M.E.Jones ex A.Gray[2]
  • Chrysothamnus albidus (M.E.Jones ex A.Gray) Greene
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Ericameria albida is a North American species of flowering shrub in the daisy family known by the common name white flowered rabbitbrush.[3] It is native to desert regions in the western United States mostly in the Great Basin (Utah,[4] Nevada,[4] and eastern California (Inyo, Mono, and San Bernardino Counties; one report of it in Lassen County is from an urban area).[3][5]

Ericameria albida grows in dry, alkaline plains in desert regions. It is a shrub sometimes reaching a height of 150 cm (5 feet). Leaves are thin and thread-like, up to 35 mm (1.4 inches) long. The tips of its erect branches hold dense inflorescences of tiny flower heads with creamy white disci florets but no ray florets.[6]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Ericameria albida (M.E.Jones ex A.Gray) L.C.Anderson
  2. ↑ Gray, Asa 1882. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 17: 209 description in Latin, as Bigelovia albida
  3. 1 2 Calflora taxon report, University of California, Ericameria albida (M.E. Jones ex A. Gray) L.C. Anderson white flowered rabbitbrush
  4. 1 2 Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map
  5. ↑ Intermountain Herbarium Network, Ericameria albida (M.E.Jones ex A.Gray) L.C.Anderson description, distribution map, photos of herbarium specimens
  6. ↑ Flora of North America, Whiteflower rabbitbrush, Ericameria albida (M. E. Jones ex A. Gray) L. C. Anderson, Great Basin Naturalist. 55: 86. 1995.


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