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Columbia goldenweed

Greene's goldenbush

Habit Plants 0.8–4 dm. Plants 1–3 dm.
Stems

glabrous, resinous.

glabrous proximally, rarely lightly tomentose, minutely stipitate-glandular distally.

Leaves

filiform, 0.5–3 cm, glabrous, resinous.

oblanceolate to spatulate, 1.5–3 cm, glabrous to stipitate-glandular, rarely lightly tomentose.

Inflorescences

loose cyme-like arrays.

not leafy; in congested;

cyme- or raceme-like arrays, rarely heads solitary.

Involucres

campanulate to obovoid, 5.5–8 mm.

broadly campanulate, 8–12 mm.

Ray florets

3–7;

rays 5.5–7 mm, white.

0–7;

rays 10–14 mm, yellow.

Disc florets

10–15;

corollas 6–8 mm, white.

7–20;

corollas 10–14 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

in 5–7 unequal series, deltoid to lance-linear, chartaceous, glabrous, resinous; outer gradually < inner.

in 3–5 series, broadly or narrowly linear; outer ? inner.

Fruits

4.5–5 mm, sericeous.

5–7 mm, glabrous or lightly pubescent.

Heads

radiate.

radiate or discoid.

Ericameria resinosa

Ericameria greenei

Distribution
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Discussion

Rock crevices, basalt cliffs. Flowering Jun–Oct. 100–1300 m. BW, Col, ECas, Lava, Owy. ID, WA. Native.

Open coniferous forests, shrublands, grasslands, rocky slopes, scree, pumice desert, rock outcrops, alpine ridges. Flowering Jul–Sep. 1000–2800 m. BR, BW, Casc, ECas, Sisk. CA, ID, WA. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 249
Kenton Chambers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 247
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
E. arborescens, E. bloomeri, E. discoidea, E. greenei, E. nana, E. nauseosa, E. parryi, E. suffruticosa
E. arborescens, E. bloomeri, E. discoidea, E. nana, E. nauseosa, E. parryi, E. resinosa, E. suffruticosa
Synonyms Haplopappus resinosus Haplopappus bloomeri, Haplopappus bloomeri var. greenei, Haplopappus greenei, Haplopappus greenei var. greenei, Haplopappus greenei var. mollis
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