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golden-fleece

discoid goldenweed, white-stem goldenbush

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

Distribution
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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
E. bloomeri, E. discoidea, E. greenei, E. nana, E. nauseosa, E. parryi, E. resinosa, E. suffruticosa
E. arborescens, E. bloomeri, E. greenei, E. nana, E. nauseosa, E. parryi, E. resinosa, E. suffruticosa
Synonyms Haplopappus arborescens Haplopappus macronema, Haplopappus macronema var. macronema
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