{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Ericameria bloomeri.jpg | genus = Ericameria | species = bloomeri | authority = (Gray) J.F.Macbr. | synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-137752 The Plant List, ''Ericameria bloomeri'' (A.Gray) J.F.Macbr. ]</ref> | synonyms = * ''Aster bloomeri'' <small>(A.Gray) Kuntze 1891 not A.Gray 1865</small><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Aster+bloomeri&commonname= Tropicos search for ''Aster bloomeri'']</ref> * ''Chrysothamnus bloomeri'' <small>(A.Gray) Greene</small> * ''Ericameria erecta'' <small>Klatt</small> * ''Haplopappus bloomeri'' <small>A.Gray</small> * ''Aplopappus bloomeri'' <small>A.Gray</small><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2710301 Tropicos, ''Haplopappus bloomeri'' A. Gray ]</ref> }}
'''''Ericameria bloomeri''''', known by the common names '''Bloomer's rabbitbush''' and '''Bloomer's goldenbush''', is a species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. This plant is native to the mountains of western North America from British Columbia to California,<ref>[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=3072 Calflora taxon report, University of California, ''Ericameria bloomeri'' (A. Gray) J.F. Macbr. Bloomer's goldenbush, Goldenweed, rabbitbush ]</ref> including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada.<ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Ericameria%20bloomeri.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]</ref> It may have been extirpated from Canada.<ref name=jackietyler>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066510 Flora of North America, Bloomer's goldenbush, ''Ericameria bloomeri'' (A. Gray) J. F. Macbride]</ref>
''Ericameria bloomeri'' grows in coniferous forests. This is a small shrub reaching a maximum height of about 50 centimeters (20 inches) and covered in a foliage of threadlike to slightly oval leaves a few centimeters long. It may be glandular and resinous and slightly woolly or hairless. Atop each of the many erect branches is an inflorescence of golden yellow flower heads. Each centimeter-wide head has up to 14 disc florets and sometimes up to 5 ray florets but sometimes none. The dense inflorescence has resin glands and some woolly fibers.<ref name=jackietyler/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1081,1083 Jepson Manual Treatment] *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERBL2 United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile] *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Ericameria+bloomeri Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California]
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bloomeri Category:Flora of the Northwestern United States Category:Flora of British Columbia Category:Flora of California Category:Flora of Nevada Category:Flora of the Cascade Range Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Category:Plants described in 1865 Category:Taxa named by Asa Gray Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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