species 517 observations
Greene's Goldenbush
Ericameria greenei
Field notes
Ericameria greenei is a species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Greene's goldenbush. It is native to the mountains of the western United States in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and the northern California as far south as Lake and Tuolumne Counties.
Ericameria greenei grows in rocky and open wooded habitat. It is a small shrub growing up to about 25 centimeters (10 inches) tall with branches lined with short, narrow, hairless to glandular, woolly leaves. The inflorescence is a cluster of flower heads at the tips of stem branches. Each head is lined with sticky, glandular phyllaries and contains as many as 20 yellowish disc florets and sometimes a few yellow ray florets but sometimes none. The fruit is an achene topped with a brownish pappus.
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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
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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



Common Wood-Nymph, Blue Copper, Painted Lady, Great Purple Hairstreak
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
From USDA PLANTS.