Ericameria discoidea |
Ericameria linearis |
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discoid goldenweed, rayless goldenbush, sharp-scale goldenweed, white-stem goldenbush |
linear-leaf discoid gumweed, Wyoming goldenbush |
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Habit | Plants 10–40 cm. | Plants 10–40 cm. |
Stems | erect to spreading, abundantly branched, twigs green when young, concealed by whitish, pannose tomentum, sporadically stipitate-glandular. |
erect to spreading, green when young, becoming brown, branched proximally, densely floccose-tomentose, eglandular. |
Leaves | ascending to spreading; blades linear or oblong to oblanceolate (flat), 10–35 × 2–7 mm, midnerves evident (1–2 fainter, collateral nerves often present), (margins often undulate) apices acute to obtuse, usually apiculate, faces usually stipitate-glandular, resinous; axillary fascicles absent. |
ascending; blades linear (adaxially sulcate), 10–30 × 1–2 mm, midnerves evident, apices acute, faces mostly densely tomentose, stipitate-glandular; sometimes with axillary leaf fascicles. |
Peduncles | 3–15 mm (bracts 0–3, reduced, leaflike, whitish tomentose and usually stipitate-glandular). |
2–20 mm (usually leafy). |
Involucres | obconic, 9–13 × 6–10 mm. |
obconic, 9–11 × 6–9 mm. |
Ray florets | 0. |
0. |
Disc florets | 10–26; corollas 9–11 mm. |
10–22; corollas 9–11 mm. |
Phyllaries | 12–17 in 2–3 series, green to tan, lanceolate to oblong, 6–10 × 1–2 mm, subequal, outer herbaceous or distally so, inner mostly chartaceous, midnerves evident, (margins of outer often distally stipitate-glandular, of inner narrowly membranous, sometimes minutely ciliolate) apices acute to attenuate, abaxial faces stipitate-glandular. |
20–30 in 2–3 series, green to tan, oblong to lanceolate, 5–10 × 0.8–1.5 mm, subequal, mostly chartaceous, outer herbaceous or herbaceous-tipped, midnerves usually evident, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces hairy, stipitate-glandular. |
Heads | borne singly or in cymiform to racemiform arrays. |
borne singly or in cymiform arrays. |
Cypselae | brownish, narrowly oblong to narrowly ovoid, 5–6 mm, villous; pappi tan, 8.5–11 mm. |
brownish, narrowly oblong, 5–6 mm, densely hairy; pappi tan, 8–10 mm. |
2n | = 18. |
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Ericameria discoidea |
Ericameria linearis |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. | Flowering late summer–fall. |
Habitat | Rocky, open or sparsely wooded slopes, often in coarse talus | Dry, stony slopes |
Elevation | 2500–3800 m (8200–12500 ft) | ca. 2300 m (ca. 7500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT
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MT; WY |
Discussion | Ericameria discoidea is common in the Rocky Mountains. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 58. | FNA vol. 20, p. 61. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Macronema discoidea, Haplopappus macronema | Macronema lineare, E. discoidea var. linearis, Haplopappus macronema subsp. linearis, Haplopappus macronema var. linearis |
Name authority | (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 68: 153. (1990) | (Rydberg) R. P. Roberts & Urbatsch: Sida 21: 1560. (2005) |
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