Ericameria suffruticosa

Ericameria suffruticosa, the singlehead goldenbush, is a subshrub to shrub in the family Asteraceae found in the western United States (California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana). "Suffruticosa" means "shrublike".

Description
Ericameria suffruticosa is a subshrub to shrub 6 to 16 in tall. It has sticky, small, gray-green leaves that are wavy at the edges and highly aromatic when crushed. One plant can produce several yellow flower heads with irregular structure, having its few disk flowers pointing in all directions, and 1-6 ray flowers haphazardly placed around the disk. The species grows from 8000 to 12000 ft in elevation on rocky flats, ledges, and exposed ridges in mountain and alpine plant communities.