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Ericameria cooperi
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Cooper's Goldenbush
( Ericameria cooperi )
Ericameria cooperi
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About Cooper's Goldenbush (Ericameria cooperi)
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Ericameria cooperi
(Cooper's goldenbush) is a North American species of shrubs that grows in the desert regions of southern Nevada, southern and eastern California, and Baja California. It is in the goldenbush genus in the (sunflower family).
Ericameria cooperi
is a shrub. Leaves are long and narrow, sometimes thread-like, without hairs. One plant can produce several flower heads in a flat-topped array, each head containing 6-7 disc florets but no ray florets.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Shrub
Size
2 ft tall
Flower Color
Yellow
Flowering Season
Spring
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 12
likely
* )
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Northern Checkerspot
Chlosyne palla
Chlosyne palla
*
Sagebrush Girdle Moth
Plataea trilinearia
Plataea trilinearia
*
Plagiomimicus tepperi
Plagiomimicus tepperi
*
Prolita variabilis
Prolita variabilis
*
Tetracis formosa
Tetracis formosa
*
Schinia albafascia
Schinia albafascia
*
Somatolophia ectrapelaria
Somatolophia ectrapelaria
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture
Very Low
Nurseries
Carried by 2
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy
Common uses
Bird Gardens
Natural Setting
Site Type
Rocky slopes, valleys
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 3.4" - 34.7", Summer Precipitation: 0.20" - 2.74", Coldest Month: 26.4" - 59.6", Hottest Month: 58.6" - 87.4", Humidity: 0.92" - 40.33", Elevation: 23" - 7499"
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Cooper's Goldenbush
Ericameria cooperi
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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