Ericameria zionis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Ericameria
- Species
- Ericameria zionis
- Scientific Name
- Ericameria zionis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ericameria zionis
Ericameria zionis, the subalpine goldenbush or cedar breaks goldenbush, is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only at high elevations in the mountains in the southern part of the state of Utah in the western United States. Some of the populations lie inside Cedar Breaks National Monument and Bryce Canyon National Park.
Ericameria zionis is a branching shrub up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall. Leaves are spatula-shaped, up to 40 mm (1.6 inches) long. One plant can produce many small white flower heads in a tightly packed clump, each head with as many as 21 disc florets but no ray florets.
...Ericameria zionis in languages:
- English
- Subalpine Goldenbush
- English
- Cedar Breaks Goldenbush
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Ericameria albida
- Ericameria arborescens
- Ericameria arizonica
- Ericameria bloomeri
- Ericameria brachylepis
- Ericameria cervina
- Ericameria compacta
- Ericameria cooperi
- Ericameria crispa
- Ericameria cuneata
- Ericameria discoidea
- Ericameria ericoides
- Ericameria fasciculata
- Ericameria gilmanii
- Ericameria greenei
- Ericameria juarezensis
- Ericameria laricifolia
- Ericameria lignumviridis
- Ericameria linearifolia
- Ericameria martirensis
- Ericameria nana
- Ericameria nauseosa
- Ericameria obovata
- Ericameria ophitidis
- Ericameria palmeri
- Ericameria paniculata
- Ericameria parishii
- Ericameria parryi
- Ericameria pinifolia
- Ericameria resinosa
- Ericameria suffruticosa
- Ericameria teretifolia
- Ericameria watsonii
- Ericameria zionis
- Ericameria × bolanderi
- Ericameria × uintahensis
- Ericameria × viscosa














