Ericameria linearifolia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Ericameria |
| Species: | E. linearifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Ericameria linearifolia (DC.) Urbatsch & Wussow
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Ericameria linearifolia is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names narrowleaf goldenbush and interior goldenbush. It is native to California, Nevada, southwestern Utah, and Arizona.[2][3]
Ericameria linearifolia is a shrub up to 150 cm (59 in) tall. One plant can produce several yellow flower heads, each at the end of a long leafless and unbranched stem. Each head contains up to 18 ray florets and as many as 60 disc florets.[4] It grows in dry creek beds, deserts, mesas, and mountainsides with rocky or sandy soil.[4]
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- Ericameria
- Flora of California
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Plants described in 1836
- Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle