In message 1129958857.5db39d3232e14c85c872c7006b59875c@teran ews, Sean
Houtman writes
wrote in news:1129838530.433873.183540
:

Found at BelMar Park in Lakewood Colorado! The Bees and Butterflies
seem very fond of it!:

http://wolfbat359.com/idplease.html



The easy part is the common name, Chamisa, or Rubber Rabbitbrush.

There is lots of fun going on with classification right now, I will
give you the current USDA name, which is Ericameria nauseosa. The
subspecies and variety depend on a couple of factors, this one is
probably ssp. nauseosa, could be ssp. consimilis though.

Sean

Roland P. Roberts' dissertation "Phylogeny of Ericameria, Chrysothamnus
and Related Genera (Asteraceae: Astereae) Based on Nuclear Ribosomal DNA
Sequence Data" (available online) has Ericameria nauseosa deep in the
Ericameria clade, so I guess that's where it's going to end up.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley