Ericameria suffruticosa
Singlehead goldenbush, Singlehead Goldenbush
Family: Asteraceae · Type: shrub · Native
Singlehead goldenbush is a California native shrub found in the Sierra Nevada High, Sierra Nevada Eastern, and White and Inyo Mountains on rocky slopes and ridges in conifer forest at elevations of 2,100 to 3,800 meters. Flowering from July to September, this plant produces yellow flowers in radiate heads 8.5 to 15 millimeters wide, arranged in small leafy clusters. Growing 10 to 40 centimeters tall with stems that become reddish-brown and are stalked-glandular when young, it forms a compact shrubby structure. Its leaves are distinctively oblanceolate, 5 to 40 millimeters long with wavy margins and glandular surfaces, giving the plant a textured appearance. The fruit is 5.5 to 8 millimeters long, narrowly obconic and hairy, with a white to pale yellow pappus.
Habitat: Rocky slopes and ridges in conifer forest
Bloom period: Jul-Sep
Elevation: 2100-3800 m
Bioregions: SNH, SNE (Sweetwater Mtns), W&I
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