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Goldenfleece

Ericameria arborescens

Also called Golden Fleece

Goldenfleece
Photo: George Williams, CC BY 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Oregon to California

About

Ericameria arborescens is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name goldenfleece. It is widespread across much of California and found also in southwestern Oregon.

Ericameria arborescens grows in chaparral communities and open woodlands. This is a resinous, glandular shrub or small tree occasionally exceeding 5 meters (over 17 feet) in height. It has many erect branches covered in very thin, needle-like to lance-shaped leaves 3-6 centimeters (1.2-2.4 inches) long. Atop each stem is an inflorescence of many bright golden flowers, each a rounded bunch of disc florets about 5 mm (0.2 inches) wide. This plant is adapted to ecosystems prone to wildfire.

Other Ericameria plants

Alkali Rabbitbrush · Grand Canyon Goldenweed · Rabbitbush · Chaparral goldenbush · Charleston Mountain goldenbush · Cooper's goldenbush · Crisped goldenbush · Cliff goldenbush · Whitestem goldenbush · California goldenbush · Eastwood's goldenbush · Whiteflower goldenbush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ericameria arborescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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