| Ericameria nana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Genus: | Ericameria |
| Species: | E. nana |
| Binomial name | |
| Ericameria nana Nutt. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Haplopappus nanus |
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Ericameria nana is a species of flowering shrub in the daisy family known by the common names dwarf goldenbush and rubberweed. This plant is native to the western United States from California to Idaho, where it grows along cliffs and rocky hillsides. This is a small shrub rarely reaching a maximum height of half a meter. It is covered in a foliage of sticky, curved, somewhat fleshy leaves about a centimeter long. The tips of its erect branches hold dense inflorescences of tiny flower heads with cream white to yellow disc and ray florets.