{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Spring Mountains Goldenbush imported from iNaturalist photo 78100352 on 30 October 2024.jpg |genus = Ericameria |species = compacta |authority = (H.M.Hall) G.L.Nesom |synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-9851 The Plant List, ''Ericameria compacta'' (H.M.Hall) G.L.Nesom ]</ref> |synonyms = *''Haplopappus bloomeri'' subsp. ''compactus'' <small>H.M.Hall</small> *''Haplopappus bloomeri'' var. ''compactus'' <small>(H.M.Hall) S.F.Blake</small> *''Aplopappus bloomeri'' var. ''compactus'' <small>(H.M.Hall) S.F.Blake</small><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50257302 Tropicos, ''Haplopappus bloomeri'' var. ''compactus'' (H.M. Hall) S.F. Blake ]</ref> *''Haplopappus compactus'' <small>(H.M.Hall) L.C.Anderson</small> }}

'''''Ericameria compacta''''', the '''Charleston Mountain goldenbush''', is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in pine forests in the Spring and Sheep Mountains of Clark County, Nevada. Fewer than 12 populations have been found.<ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Ericameria%20compacta.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]</ref><ref>[http://heritage.nv.gov/atlas Nevada Rare Plant Atlas, ''Ericameria compacta'' (Hall [1928&#93;) Nesom, Charleston Mountain goldenbush] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109115035/http://heritage.nv.gov/atlas |date=2015-01-09 }}</ref>

''Ericameria compacta'' is a branching shrub up to 50&nbsp;cm (20 inches) tall. Leaves are oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate, up to 4&nbsp;cm (1.6 inches) long. One plant can form many small, yellow flower heads, each with as many as 16 disc florets but no ray florets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ericameria compacta in Flora of North America @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066513 |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=www.efloras.org}}</ref><ref>Hall, H. M. 1928. The genus ''Haplopappus'', a phylogenetic study in the Compositae. Publications of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 389: 1-391.</ref>

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compacta Category:Flora of Nevada Category:Endemic flora of the United States Category:Clark County, Nevada Category:Plants described in 1928 Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status

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