Ericameria albida

Ericameria albida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Ericameria
Species:	E. albida
Binomial name
Ericameria albida (M.E.Jones ex A.Gray) L.C.Anderson
Synonyms[1]
Aster marcusii Kuntze Bigelowia albida M.E.Jones ex A.Gray Bigelovia albida M.E.Jones ex A.Gray[2] Chrysothamnus albidus (M.E.Jones ex A.Gray) Greene

Ericameria albida is a North American species of flowering shrub in the daisy family known by the common name white flowered rabbitbrush.^[3] It is native to desert regions in the western United States mostly in the Great Basin (Utah,^[4] Nevada,^[4] and eastern California (Inyo, Mono, and San Bernardino Counties; one report of it in Lassen County is from an urban area).^[3][5]

Ericameria albida grows in dry, alkaline plains in desert regions. It is a shrub sometimes reaching a height of 150 cm (5 feet). Leaves are thin and thread-like, up to 35 mm (1.4 inches) long. The tips of its erect branches hold dense inflorescences of tiny flower heads with creamy white disci florets but no ray florets.^[6]

References

1. The Plant List, Ericameria albida (M.E.Jones ex A.Gray) L.C.Anderson
2. Gray, Asa 1882. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 17: 209 description in Latin, as Bigelovia albida
3. Calflora taxon report, University of California, Ericameria albida (M.E. Jones ex A. Gray) L.C. Anderson white flowered rabbitbrush
4. Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map
5. Intermountain Herbarium Network, Ericameria albida (M.E.Jones ex A.Gray) L.C.Anderson description, distribution map, photos of herbarium specimens
6. Flora of North America, Whiteflower rabbitbrush, Ericameria albida (M. E. Jones ex A. Gray) L. C. Anderson, Great Basin Naturalist. 55: 86. 1995.