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Ericameria linearifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Ericameria
Species:	E. linearifolia
Binomial name
Ericameria linearifolia (DC.) Urbatsch & Wussow
Synonyms
Aster linearifolius (DC.) Kuntze Aplopappus interior Coville Aplopappus linearifolius DC. Haplopappus interior Coville Haplopappus linearifolius DC. Stenotopsis interior (Coville) Rydb. Stenotus interior (Coville) Greene Stenotus linearifolius (DC.) Torr. & A.Gray

Ericameria linearifolia is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names narrowleaf goldenbush and interior goldenbush. It is native to California, Nevada, southwestern Utah, and Arizona.

Ericameria linearifolia is a shrub up to 150 cm (59 in) tall. One plant can produce several yellow flower heads, each at the end of a long leafless and unbranched stem. Each head contains up to 18 ray florets and as many as 60 disc florets. It grows in dry creek beds, deserts, mesas, and mountainsides with rocky or sandy soil.

References

1. The Plant List, Ericameria linearifolia (DC.) Urbatsch & Wussow
2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
3. "Ericameria linearifolia Calflora". www.calflora.org.
4. ^ "Ericameria linearifolia in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
• Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California

• Ericameria
• Flora of California
• Flora of Baja California
• Flora of the Southwestern United States
• Flora of the California desert regions
• Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
• Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
• Natural history of the Mojave Desert
• Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
• Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
• Plants described in 1836
• Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle