Lorandersonia baileyi

Lorandersonia baileyi (Bailey's rabbitbrush),[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family. It was initially discovered in the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico in 1902,[3] and has since been collected in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Nuevo León.[4][5]

Lorandersonia baileyi
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Binomial name
Lorandersonia baileyi
(Wooton & Standl.) Urbatsch, R.P. Roberts & Neubig
Synonyms[1]
  • 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 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.[5][6]

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