# Ericameria

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{For|other species of rabbitbrush|Chrysothamnus|Lorandersonia}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Chrysothamnus nauseosus 7991.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Ericameria nauseosa](/source/Ericameria_nauseosa)''
|display_parents = 3
|taxon = Ericameria
|authority = [Nutt.](/source/Thomas_Nuttall)
|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](/source/North_American) shrubs in the family [Asteraceae](/source/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](/source/Ericameria_parishii))'' can reach tree stature. They are distributed in western [Canada](/source/Canada) ([Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan), [Alberta](/source/Alberta), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia)) western [United States](/source/United_States) (from the western [Great Plains](/source/Great_Plains) to the [Pacific](/source/Pacific_coast_of_the_United_States)) and northern [Mexico](/source/Mexico). Bright yellow [flower heads](/source/flower_heads) adorn the plants in late summer. All the species have [disc floret](/source/disc_floret)s, while some have [ray florets](/source/ray_florets) but others do not. ''[Ericameria nauseosa](/source/Ericameria_nauseosa)'', (synonym ''Chrysothamnus nauseosus''), is known for its production of [latex](/source/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](/source/Erica_(plant))'' and the [Greek](/source/Greek_language) 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](/source/Oregon_State_University) College of Agricultural Sciences - Department of Horticulture}}</ref>

== Uses ==
This genus has a number of admirable [landscape](/source/landscape) plants for heavily [alkaline](/source/alkaline) soils, but most species need extensive rejuvenation [pruning](/source/pruning) every three years, making not ideal for common yards.  Overwatering will kill the plants.

''Ericameria'' species are used as food plants by the [larva](/source/larva)e of some [Lepidoptera](/source/Lepidoptera) species including ''[Schinia argentifascia](/source/Schinia)'', ''[Schinia tertia](/source/Schinia)'', ''[Schinia unimacula](/source/Schinia)'' and ''[Schinia walsinghami](/source/Schinia)''.

==Selected species==
===''Ericameria'' section ''Asiris''===
*''[Ericameria albida](/source/Ericameria_albida)'' 
*''[Ericameria arizonica](/source/Ericameria_arizonica)''
*''[Ericameria cervina](/source/Ericameria_cervina)'' 
*''[Ericameria discoidea](/source/Ericameria_discoidea)''
*''[Ericameria gilmanii](/source/Ericameria_gilmanii)'' 
*''[Ericameria lignumviridis](/source/Ericameria_lignumviridis)'' 
*''[Ericameria nana](/source/Ericameria_nana)'' 
*''[Ericameria nauseosa](/source/Ericameria_nauseosa)'' (syn. ''[Chrysothamnus nauseosus](/source/Chrysothamnus_nauseosus)'')
*''[Ericameria obovata](/source/Ericameria_obovata)'' 
*''[Ericameria ophitidis](/source/Ericameria_ophitidis)'' 
*''[Ericameria parryi](/source/Ericameria_parryi)'' &mdash; Parry's rabbitbrush
*''[Ericameria resinosa](/source/Ericameria_resinosa)'' 
*''[Ericameria watsonii](/source/Ericameria_watsonii)''

===''Ericameria'' section ''Ericameria''===
*''[Ericameria arborescens](/source/Ericameria_arborescens)'' &mdash; Golden-fleece; exclusive food plant of the moth ''[Bucculatrix ericameriae](/source/Bucculatricidae)''
*''[Ericameria brachylepis](/source/Ericameria_brachylepis)'' &mdash; Boundary goldenbush
*''[Ericameria cooperi](/source/Ericameria_cooperi)'' 
*''[Ericameria cuneata](/source/Ericameria_cuneata)'' 
*''[Ericameria ericoides](/source/Ericameria_ericoides)'' &mdash; Mock heather, goldenbush
*''[Ericameria fasciculata](/source/Ericameria_fasciculata)'' &mdash; Eastwood's goldenbush
*''[Ericameria juarezensis](/source/Ericameria_juarezensis)'' 
*''[Ericameria laricifolia](/source/Ericameria_laricifolia)'' 
*''[Ericameria linearifolia](/source/Ericameria_linearifolia)'' 
*''[Ericameria martirensis](/source/Ericameria_martirensis)'' 
*''[Ericameria palmeri](/source/Ericameria_palmeri)'' &mdash; Palmer's goldenweed, false broomweed
*''[Ericameria paniculata](/source/Ericameria_paniculata)'' &mdash; Sticky rabbitbrush, black-banded rabbitbrush
*''[Ericameria parishii](/source/Ericameria_parishii)'' 
*''[Ericameria pinifolia](/source/Ericameria_pinifolia)'' &mdash; Pine goldenbush
*''[Ericameria teretifolia](/source/Ericameria_teretifolia)'' &mdash; Needle-leaved rabbitbrush

===''Ericameria'' section ''Macronema''===
*''[Ericameria bloomeri](/source/Ericameria_bloomeri)'' 
*''[Ericameria compacta](/source/Ericameria_compacta)'' 
*''[Ericameria crispa](/source/Ericameria_crispa)'' 
*''[Ericameria greenei](/source/Ericameria_greenei)'' 
*''[Ericameria suffruticosa](/source/Ericameria_suffruticosa)'' 
*''[Ericameria winwardii](/source/Ericameria_winwardii)''
*''[Ericameria zionis](/source/Ericameria_zionis)''

==References==
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==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

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