{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{For|other species of rabbitbrush|Chrysothamnus|Lorandersonia}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Chrysothamnus nauseosus 7991.jpg |image_caption = ''Ericameria nauseosa'' |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Ericameria |authority = Nutt. |synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=6fe177fe-f5ce-46ed-a1f3-ac6e7fe2d8d5 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141122172756/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=6fe177fe-f5ce-46ed-a1f3-ac6e7fe2d8d5 |date=2014-11-22 }}</ref> |synonyms = *''Haplopappus'' sect. ''Stenotopsis'' <small>(Rydb.) H.M.Hall</small> *''Haplopappus'' sect. ''Macronema'' <small>(Nutt.) A.Gray</small> *''Haplopappus'' sect. ''Asiris'' <small>H.M.Hall</small> *''Ericameria'' sect. ''Stenotopsis'' <small>(Rydb.) Urbatsch & Wussow</small> *''Stenotopsis'' <small>Rydb.</small> *''Haplopappus'' sect. ''Ericameria'' <small>(Nutt.) A.Gray</small> *''Macronema'' <small>Nutt.</small> }}
'''''Ericameria''''' is a genus of North American shrubs in the family Asteraceae.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36318039#page/340/mode/1up Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 318–320] in English</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40004993 Tropicos, ''Ericameria'' Nutt.]</ref><ref name=g>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=111990 Flora of North America Goldenbush ''Ericameria'' Nuttall ]</ref>
''Ericameria'' is known by the common names '''goldenbush''', '''rabbitbrush''', '''turpentine bush,''' and '''rabbitbush.''' Most are shrubs, but one species ''(E. parishii)'' can reach tree stature. They are distributed in western Canada (Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia) western United States (from the western Great Plains to the Pacific) and northern Mexico. Bright yellow flower heads adorn the plants in late summer. All the species have disc florets, while some have ray florets but others do not. ''Ericameria nauseosa'', (synonym ''Chrysothamnus nauseosus''), is known for its production of latex.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Everitt |first1=J.H. |last2=Lonard |first2=R.L. |last3=Little |first3=C.R. |title=Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico |publisher=Texas Tech University Press |location=Lubbock |year=2007}} {{ISBN|0-89672-614-2}}</ref><ref name=g/>
== Etymology == ''Ericameria'' is based on the genus name ''Erica'' and the Greek word ''meros'' ('part'), in reference to the similarity of the plant's leaves to those of ''Erica''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Breen |first=Patrick |date=2022 |title=Ericameria {{!}} Landscape Plants |url=https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/ericameria |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences - Department of Horticulture}}</ref>
== Uses == This genus has a number of admirable landscape plants for heavily alkaline soils, but most species need extensive rejuvenation pruning every three years, making not ideal for common yards. Overwatering will kill the plants.
''Ericameria'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including ''Schinia argentifascia'', ''Schinia tertia'', ''Schinia unimacula'' and ''Schinia walsinghami''.
==Selected species== ===''Ericameria'' section ''Asiris''=== *''Ericameria albida'' *''Ericameria arizonica'' *''Ericameria cervina'' *''Ericameria discoidea'' *''Ericameria gilmanii'' *''Ericameria lignumviridis'' *''Ericameria nana'' *''Ericameria nauseosa'' (syn. ''Chrysothamnus nauseosus'') *''Ericameria obovata'' *''Ericameria ophitidis'' *''Ericameria parryi'' — Parry's rabbitbrush *''Ericameria resinosa'' *''Ericameria watsonii''
===''Ericameria'' section ''Ericameria''=== *''Ericameria arborescens'' — Golden-fleece; exclusive food plant of the moth ''Bucculatrix ericameriae'' *''Ericameria brachylepis'' — Boundary goldenbush *''Ericameria cooperi'' *''Ericameria cuneata'' *''Ericameria ericoides'' — Mock heather, goldenbush *''Ericameria fasciculata'' — Eastwood's goldenbush *''Ericameria juarezensis'' *''Ericameria laricifolia'' *''Ericameria linearifolia'' *''Ericameria martirensis'' *''Ericameria palmeri'' — Palmer's goldenweed, false broomweed *''Ericameria paniculata'' — Sticky rabbitbrush, black-banded rabbitbrush *''Ericameria parishii'' *''Ericameria pinifolia'' — Pine goldenbush *''Ericameria teretifolia'' — Needle-leaved rabbitbrush
===''Ericameria'' section ''Macronema''=== *''Ericameria bloomeri'' *''Ericameria compacta'' *''Ericameria crispa'' *''Ericameria greenei'' *''Ericameria suffruticosa'' *''Ericameria winwardii'' *''Ericameria zionis''
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Ericameria}} *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1081 Jepson Manual Treatment of ''Ericameria''] *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERICA2 United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile for ''Ericameria'']
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Category:Ericameria Category:Flora of Northern America Category:Asteraceae genera Category:Taxa named by Thomas Nuttall