Biology:Ericameria cooperi

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of flowering plant

Ericameria cooperi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ericameria
Species:
E. cooperi
Binomial name
Ericameria cooperi
(A.Gray) H.M.Hall
Synonyms[1]
  • Aster cooperi (A.Gray) Kuntze
  • Aster monactis (A.Gray) Kuntze
  • Bigelowia cooperi A.Gray
  • Bigelovia cooperi A.Gray
  • Chrysoma cooperi (A.Gray) Greene
  • Ericameria monactis (A.Gray) McClatchie
  • Haplopappus cooperi (A.Gray) H.M.Hall
  • Haplopappus monactis A.Gray

Ericameria cooperi, or Cooper's goldenbush, is a North American species of shrubs that grows in the desert regions of southern Nevada, southern and eastern California , and Baja California.[2][3] It is in the goldenbush genus in the (sunflower family).[2]

Ericameria cooperi is a shrub. Leaves are long and narrow, sometimes thread-like, without hairs. One plant can produce several flower heads in a flat-topped array, each head containing 6-7 disc florets but no ray florets.[4]

Varieties[1][5]
  • Ericameria cooperi var. bajacalifornica (Urbatsch & Wussow) Urbatsch - Baja California
  • Ericameria cooperi var. cooperi - Baja California, California , Nevada

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15587817 entry