Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Ericameria linearifolia is a flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names narrowleaf goldenbush and interior goldenbush. This is a standard bushy aster shrub which bears radiant yellow daisy flowers on long stems. It is native to the drier areas of California from the Central Valley south and Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.

Plant type

Shrub

Size

5 ft Tall

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Color

Yellow

Flowering season

Winter, Spring

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Sunset Zones

2, 3, 7*, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Site type

Dry slopes and valleys

Plant communities

Chaparral, Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Birds
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

2 confirmed and 12 likely

Confirmed Likely

Prolita variabilis

Rabbitbrush Webbing Moth

Synnoma lynosyrana

Aristotelia argentifera

Aseptis susquesa