Ericameria arborescens |
Ericameria discoidea |
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golden-fleece |
discoid goldenweed, white-stem goldenbush |
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Habit | Plants 1–5 dm. | Plants 1–4 dm. |
Stems | glabrous to finely tomentose; gland-dotted. |
densely white; felt-like tomentose, sometimes stipitate-glandular. |
Leaves | filiform, 2–9 cm, glabrous; gland-dotted. |
obovate to oblanceolate, oblong, or elliptic, 1–3.5 cm, minutely stipitate-glandular. |
Inflorescences | cyme-like arrays. |
cyme- or raceme-like arrays, or heads solitary. |
Involucres | ovoid or campanulate, 4–6 mm. |
obconic, 8–13 mm. |
Ray florets | 0. |
0. |
Disc florets | 10–25; corollas 5–7 mm, yellow. |
10–25; corollas 9–11 mm, yellow. |
Phyllaries | in 3–4 series, lanceolate to elliptic or linear, glabrous; outer gradually < inner. |
in 3–4 subequal series, stipitate-glandular; inner often glabrous. |
Fruits | 2–3 mm, pubescent. |
8.5–11 mm, strigose or villous. |
Heads | discoid. |
discoid. |
Ericameria arborescens |
Ericameria discoidea |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Open woods, chaparral, clearcuts, roadsides. Flowering Aug–Nov. 300–800 m. Sisk. CA. Native. |
Brushlands, grasslands, dry slopes, talus, rock crevices. Flowering Jul–Sep. 2400–3000 m. BR, ECas. CA, ID, NV; northeast to MT, southeast CO. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 247 Kenton Chambers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 247 Kenton Chambers |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Haplopappus arborescens | Haplopappus macronema, Haplopappus macronema var. macronema |
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