species 1,379 observations
Bloomer's Goldenbush
Ericameria bloomeri
Field notes
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, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada. It may have been extirpated from Canada.
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.
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Rabbitbrush Stem Gall Moth
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it



Parallel Leafcutter Bee, Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee, Small Long-horned Bee, Osmia montana
13
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it



Cotton-gall Tephritid, Cotton-gall Midge, Rosette Bud Gall Midge, Bubble-gall Tephritid
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors



Black-margined Flower Fly, Western Bumble Bee, Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee, Painted Lady
51
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
From USDA PLANTS.