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, Salix laevigata'' and other riverbank plants. ''Ericameria lignumviridis'' is a shrub up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall, with branching stems. Leaves are oblanceolate, up to 30 mm (1.2 inches) long. Flower heads are arranged in cymous fashion.

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s are both yellow.Welsh, Stanley Larson. 1993. New taxa and new nomenclatural combinations in the Utah flora. Rhodora 95(883/884): 392-421.
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lignumviridis Flora of Utah Endemic flora of the United States Sevier County, Utah Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Astereae-stub