This small shrub covered with yellow flowers is a member of the Sunflower Family (Asteraceae) and is whitestem goldenbush (Ericameria discoidea). It's native to the western United States.
The flower only has disk flowers, no ray flowers (hence the species name discoidea).
A fly helps pollinate. For more information about whitestem goldenbush, click here.
This blog features a plant a day as I try to learn all the plants in the area where I live, in the central Great Basin. There are more than 1,000 plants known in this area, so it may take a few years!
Eventually I hope to have a photo for every plant listed in the Snake Range Key (link coming soon).
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