Lorandersonia baileyi

Lorandersonia baileyi
Lorandersonia baileyi Doña Ana County, New Mexico

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Lorandersonia
Species:
L. baileyi
Binomial name
Lorandersonia baileyi
(Wooton & Standl.) Urbatsch, R.P. Roberts & Neubig
Synonyms
  • Chrysothamnus baileyi Wooton & Standl.
  • Chrysothamnus pulchellus subsp. baileyi (Wooton & Standl.) H.M.Hall & Clem.
  • Chrysothamnus pulchellus var. baileyi (Wooton & Standl.) S.F.Blake
  • Ericameria pulchella subsp. baileyi (Wooton & Standl.) L.C.Anderson

Lorandersonia baileyi (Bailey's rabbitbrush), is a North American species of flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae. It was initially discovered in the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico in 1902, and has since been collected in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Nuevo León.

Lorandersonia baileyi is a branching shrub up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. It has many small yellow flower heads, each with about 5 disc florets but no ray florets.