About Ericameria greenei (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom
Ericameria greenei (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom is a species of flowering shrub in the daisy family Asteraceae, commonly known by the common name Greene's goldenbush. This species is native to mountainous areas of the western United States, where it occurs in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and northern California, reaching as far south as Lake County and Tuolumne County. It grows in rocky, open wooded habitat. It is a small shrub that reaches up to around 25 centimeters (10 inches) in height. Its branches are lined with short, narrow leaves that range from hairless to glandular and woolly. Its inflorescence consists of a cluster of flower heads held at the tips of stem branches. Each flower head is lined with sticky, glandular phyllaries. Each head contains up to 20 yellowish disc florets, and may sometimes have a few yellow ray florets, or none at all. The fruit it produces is an achene topped with a brownish pappus.
