Ericameria brachylepis |
Ericameria greenei |
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boundary goldenbush, chaparral goldenbush, chaparral goldenweed |
Greene's goldenbush, Greene's goldenweed, Greene's heath goldenweed, rabbitbrush |
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Habit | Plants 10–200 cm. | Plants 10–30 cm. |
Stems | erect to spreading, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, gland-dotted (in pits), resinous. |
erect to ascending, green when young, soon reddish to brownish, branched, glabrous or tomentose, stipitate-glandular. |
Leaves | ascending to spreading; blades linear to narrowly elliptic (usually terete to sulcate adaxially), 10–25 × 0.8–1.5 mm, midnerves obscure to evident, apices usually acute, rarely rounded, sometimes mucronate, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy, gland-dotted (in circular, deep pits), resinous; axillary fascicles of 2–10 leaves, shorter than subtending leaves. |
mostly erect or ascending; blades spatulate (flat), 15–30 × 3–7 mm, midnerves (and sometimes 2 fainter, collateral nerves) evident (slightly raised abaxially), apices obtuse, mucronate, faces glabrous or tomentose and/or stipitate-glandular; axillary fascicles absent. |
Peduncles | 3–20 mm (leafy or bracteate). |
usually less than 20, rarely to 100 mm (leafy). |
Involucres | turbinate, 4–6 × 2–5 mm. |
broadly campanulate, 8–12 × 12–15 mm. |
Ray florets | usually 0, rarely 1–2; laminae elliptic, 4–6 × 1–1.5 mm. |
(0–)1–7; laminae 7–10 × 1.5–2.8 mm. |
Disc florets | 6–16(–22); corollas 5–6.5 mm. |
7–20; corollas 8–9.5 mm. |
Phyllaries | 15–22 in 3–4 series, tan, ovate to elliptic, 2.5–7 × 0.6–1.5 mm, unequal, outer ± herbaceous, mid and inner mostly chartaceous, midnerves darker, strongly raised, uniform in widths, resinous, (margins membranous, ciliate especially distally) apices erect, acute, abaxial faces glabrous. |
18–28 in 2–3 series, green to tan, lanceolate to elliptic, 10–14 × 1.3–2.7 mm, subequal (outer sometimes slightly longer than inner), outer herbaceous or with herbaceous appendages, inner mostly chartaceous, midnerves (and often 2 collateral nerves) evident, (margins often narrowly membranous, fimbriate or tomentose) apices acute, acuminate to cuspidate, abaxial faces stipitate-glandular. |
Heads | in racemiform to paniculiform arrays (1–15 × ca. 8 cm). |
(12–22) usually in (leafy) congested, cymiform or racemiform arrays, rarely borne singly. |
Cypselae | tan to purple, 3.5–4 mm (7–8 ribbed), densely hairy; pappi off-white to brown, sometimes reddish, 5–6.5 mm. |
tan to reddish, ellipsoid, 5–7 mm, glabrous or distally hairy; pappi off-white to reddish brown, 7–9 mm. |
2n | = 36. |
= 18. |
Ericameria brachylepis |
Ericameria greenei |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. | Flowering summer–fall. |
Habitat | Open rocky slopes, chaparral and desert scrub | Rocky flats and sparsely wooded slopes |
Elevation | 400–1500 m (1300–4900 ft) | 1500–2200 m (4900–7200 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA; ID; OR; WA
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Discussion | A tomentose entity that was recognized as Haplopappus greenei subsp. mollis differs also in other ways from typical Ericameria greenei. It may merit recognition at some level. A biosystematic and population-level investigation of this complex is needed to better understand the causes and significance of such variation. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 55. | FNA vol. 20, p. 60. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Bigelowia brachylepis, Haplopappus propinquus | Haplopappus greenei, Haplopappus greenei subsp. mollis |
Name authority | (A. Gray) H. M. Hall: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 56. (1907) | (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 68: 153. (1990) |
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