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Ericameria albida is a North American species of flowering shrub in the daisy family known by the common name white flowered rabbitbrush. It is native to desert regions in the western United States mostly in the Great Basin (Utah, Nevada, and eastern California (Inyo, Mono, and San Bernardino Counties; one report of it in Lassen County is from an urban area). Ericameria albida grows in dry, alkaline plains in desert regions. It is a shrub sometimes reaching a height of 150 cm (5 feet). Leaves are thin and thread-like, up to 35 mm (1. 4 inches) long. The tips of its erect branches hold dense inflorescences of tiny flower heads with creamy white disci florets but no ray florets.

Plant type

Shrub

Size

5 ft Tall

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Color

White, Cream

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 5 likely

Confirmed Likely

Digrammia pictipennata

Sagebrush Girdle Moth

Plataea trilinearia

Prolita variabilis