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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Ericameria |
| Species: | E. cooperi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ericameria cooperi (A.Gray) H.M.Hall
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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]
- Ericameria cooperi var. bajacalifornica (Urbatsch & Wussow) Urbatsch - Baja California
- Ericameria cooperi var. cooperi - Baja California, California, Nevada
References
edit- ^ a b The Plant List, Ericameria cooperi (A.Gray) H.M.Hall
- ^ a b "Calflora taxon report: Ericameria cooperi". calflora.org. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Gray, Asa 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 8: 640 in Latin, as Bigelovia cooperi
- ^ Flora of North America, Cooper’s goldenbush, Ericameria cooperi (A. Gray) H. M. Hall
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