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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Ericameria albida
|accepted_authority=(M. E. Jones ex A. Gray) L. C. Anderson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Great Basin Naturalist
|place=55: 86. 1995
|year=1995
}}
|common_names=Whiteflower rabbitbrush
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Bigelowia albida
|authority=M. E. Jones ex A. Gray
|rank=species
|publication_title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication_place=17: 209. 1881 (as Bigelovia)
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chrysothamnus albidus
|authority=(M. E. Jones ex A. Gray) Greene
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Ericameria;Ericameria albida
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ericameria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ericameria albida]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 53
|treatment_page=page 54
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>10–150 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem coloration;stem coloration;stem architecture;stem pubescence;stem coating"><b>Stems </b>erect to ascending, pale green when young, becoming whitish, fastigiately branched, glabrous, resinous at and distal to nodes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf orientation;leaf orientation"><b>Leaves </b>usually ascending, recurved when older;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade length;blade width;midnerve prominence;apex shape;apex shape;face pubescence;face coloration">blades filiform (adaxially sulcate), 15–35 × 0.5–2 mm, midnerves obscure, apices acute, often mucronate, faces glabrous, gland-dotted (in pits and sessile);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="axillary leaf arrangement;axillary leaf presence">axillary leaf fascicles often present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="array shape;array architecture"><b>Heads </b>in rounded, cymiform arrays (to 5 cm wide).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="peduncle some measurement"><b>Peduncles </b>usually less than 10 mm (ebracteate).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre length;involucre width"><b>Involucres </b>turbinate, 6–10 × 2–4 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="phyllarie quantity;phyllarie coloration;phyllarie shape;phyllarie length;phyllarie width;phyllarie size;series quantity;outer phyllarie growth form or texture;outer phyllarie architecture;inner phyllarie pubescence or texture;midnerve prominence;apex architecture or shape;abaxial face pubescence;abaxial face coating"><b>Phyllaries </b>15–20 in 3–4 series, green to tan, ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–6 × 0.7–1.5 mm, unequal, outer herbaceous or herbaceous-tipped, inner mostly chartaceous (bodies truncate or tapering gradually or abruptly to bases of herbaceous appendages), midnerves faint (margins membranous, usually ciliate), apices (outer and mid) cuspidate (tips squarrose), abaxial faces glabrous, resinous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="ray-floret presence"><b>Ray-</b>florets 0.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="disc-floret quantity"><b>Disc-</b>florets 5–7;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="corolla some measurement">corollas 4.7–7 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="cypsela coloration;cypsela shape;cypsela some measurement;cypsela pubescence;cypsela coloration"><b>Cypselae </b>tan, narrowly turbinate to subcylindric or narrowly ellipsoid, 4–5 mm (5-ribbed), moderately hairy to sericeous, often gland-dotted (glands spheric, glistening) distally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="pappus coloration;pappus some measurement;2n chromosome quantity">pappi whitish, 4.5–5.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late summer–fall.
|habitat=Dry, alkaline plains, sandy or silty soils
|elevation=300–1800 m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.;Utah.
|discussion=<p>Ericameria albida is common in the Great Basin region.</p>
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ericameria albida
|authority=(M. E. Jones ex A. Gray) L. C. Anderson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Chrysothamnus albidus
|basionyms=Bigelowia albida
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering late summer–fall.
|habitat=Dry, alkaline plains, sandy or silty soils
|elevation=300–1800 m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Great Basin Naturalist
|publication year=1995
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V20_76.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Ericameria
|species=Ericameria albida
|2n chromosome quantity=18
|abaxial face coating=resinous
|abaxial face pubescence=glabrous
|apex architecture or shape=cuspidate
|apex shape=mucronate;acute
|array architecture=cymiform
|array shape=rounded
|axillary leaf arrangement=fascicles
|axillary leaf presence=absent
|blade length=15mm;35mm
|blade shape=filiform
|blade width=0.5mm;2mm
|corolla some measurement=4.7mm;7mm
|cypsela coloration=gland-dotted;tan
|cypsela pubescence=moderately hairy;sericeous
|cypsela shape=narrowly turbinate;subcylindric or narrowly ellipsoid
|cypsela some measurement=4mm;5mm
|disc-floret quantity=5;7
|face coloration=gland-dotted
|face pubescence=glabrous
|inner phyllarie pubescence or texture=chartaceous
|involucre length=6mm;10mm
|involucre shape=turbinate
|involucre width=2mm;4mm
|leaf orientation=recurved;ascending
|midnerve prominence=faint;obscure
|outer phyllarie architecture=herbaceous-tipped
|outer phyllarie growth form or texture=herbaceous
|pappus coloration=whitish
|pappus some measurement=4.5mm;5.5mm
|peduncle some measurement=0mm;10mm
|phyllarie coloration=green;tan
|phyllarie length=1.5mm;6mm
|phyllarie quantity=15;20
|phyllarie shape=ovate;lanceolate
|phyllarie size=unequal
|phyllarie width=0.7mm;1.5mm
|ray-floret presence=absent
|series quantity=3;4
|stem architecture=branched
|stem coating=resinous
|stem coloration=whitish;pale green
|stem orientation=erect;ascending
|stem pubescence=glabrous
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism some measurement=10cm;150cm
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