Ericameria nauseosa var. bernardina
Bernardina rabbitbrush
Family: Asteraceae · Type: shrub · Native
Bernardina rabbitbrush is a California native shrub found in southern Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges, northern Peninsular Ranges (including San Jacinto), and White and Inyo Mountains in open yellow-pine forest at elevations of 1,200 to 3,000 meters. Flowering from August to October, this plant produces yellow flowers in heads with ascending to spreading corolla lobes. Growing 50 to 150 centimeters tall with closely tomentose stems that transition from yellow-green to white-tomentose, it develops a distinctive woolly appearance. Its leaves are 25 to 60 millimeters long, narrowly lanceolate, and densely clustered along the stem. The plant's involucre ranges from 10 to 14 millimeters long, with variable hairiness.
Habitat: Open yellow-pine forest
Bloom period: Aug-Oct
Elevation: 1200-3000 m
Bioregions: s SN, TR, n PR (incl SnJt), W&I
California counties: Los Angeles, Inyo, Kern, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Mariposa, San Diego, Plumas
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