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Ericameria ericoides

Ericameria albida

California goldenbush, California heathgoldenrod, heather goldenweed, mock heather

white-flower rabbitbrush
Habit Plants 30–150 cm. Plants 10–150 cm.
Stems

ascending to erect, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous or sparsely hairy, resinous.

erect to ascending, pale green when young, becoming whitish, fastigiately branched, glabrous, resinous at and distal to nodes.
Leaves

ascending to spreading;

blades filiform (terete or adaxially sulcate), 3–18(–23) × 0.3–1 mm, midnerves obscure, apices acute, often mucronate, faces glabrous or hairy, gland-dotted (in circular, deep pits), resinous;

axillary fascicles of 2–12 leaves, shorter than subtending leaves.

usually ascending, recurved when older;

blades filiform (adaxially sulcate), 15–35 × 0.5–2 mm, midnerves obscure, apices acute, often mucronate, faces glabrous, gland-dotted (in pits and sessile);

axillary leaf fascicles often present.
Peduncles

1–30 mm (bracts 4+, leaflike).

usually less than 10 mm (ebracteate).
Involucres

subcampanulate, 5–8 × 2.5–4.5 mm.

turbinate, 6–10 × 2–4 mm.
Ray florets

2–6;

laminae 4–6 × 1–2 mm.

0.
Disc florets

5–14;

corollas 5.5–8 mm.

5–7;

corollas 4.7–7 mm.
Phyllaries

16–24 in 3–5 series, mostly tan, ovate to elliptic, 2.5–7 × 0.6–1.5 mm, unequal, outer ± herbaceous or herbaceous-appendaged, mid and inner mostly chartaceous, midnerves raised, subapical resin ducts darker, ± thickened, expanded apically, (margins ciliate) apices erect, acute to acuminate or mucronate to cuspidate, abaxial faces glabrous or sparsely hairy.

15–20 in 3–4 series, green to tan, ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–6 × 0.7–1.5 mm, unequal, outer herbaceous or herbaceous-tipped, inner mostly chartaceous (bodies truncate or tapering gradually or abruptly to bases of herbaceous appendages), midnerves faint (margins membranous, usually ciliate), apices (outer and mid) cuspidate (tips squarrose), abaxial faces glabrous, resinous.
Heads

in cymiform to paniculiform arrays (2–9 cm wide).

in rounded, cymiform arrays (to 5 cm wide).
Cypselae

tan to brown, subcylindric, 2.5–4 mm (ribs 8–10), glabrous or hairy, more densely distally;

pappi off-white to brown, 5–7 mm.

tan, narrowly turbinate to subcylindric or narrowly ellipsoid, 4–5 mm (5-ribbed), moderately hairy to sericeous, often gland-dotted (glands spheric, glistening) distally;

pappi whitish, 4.5–5.5 mm.
2n

= 18.

= 18.

Ericameria ericoides

Ericameria albida
Phenology Flowering late summer–fall, occasionally in spring. Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Sand dunes or sand hills along and near coast Dry, alkaline plains, sandy or silty soils
Elevation 0–500 m (0–1600 ft) 300–1800 m (1000–5900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA; NV; UT
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Discussion

Ericameria ericoides ranges from Los Angeles to Sonoma counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Ericameria albida is common in the Great Basin region.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 59. FNA vol. 20, p. 54.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria
Sibling taxa
E. albida, E. arborescens, E. arizonica, E. bloomeri, E. brachylepis, E. cervina, E. compacta, E. cooperi, E. crispa, E. cuneata, E. discoidea, E. fasciculata, E. gilmanii, E. greenei, E. laricifolia, E. lignumviridis, E. linearifolia, E. linearis, E. nana, E. nauseosa, E. obovata, E. ophitidis, E. palmeri, E. paniculata, E. parishii, E. parryi, E. pinifolia, E. resinosa, E. suffruticosa, E. teretifolia, E. watsonii, E. winwardii, E. zionis
E. arborescens, E. arizonica, E. bloomeri, E. brachylepis, E. cervina, E. compacta, E. cooperi, E. crispa, E. cuneata, E. discoidea, E. ericoides, E. fasciculata, E. gilmanii, E. greenei, E. laricifolia, E. lignumviridis, E. linearifolia, E. linearis, E. nana, E. nauseosa, E. obovata, E. ophitidis, E. palmeri, E. paniculata, E. parishii, E. parryi, E. pinifolia, E. resinosa, E. suffruticosa, E. teretifolia, E. watsonii, E. winwardii, E. zionis
Synonyms Diplopappus ericoides, Haplopappus ericoides, Haplopappus ericoides subsp. blakei Bigelowia albida, Chrysothamnus albidus
Name authority (Lessing) Jepson: Fl. W. Calif., 559. (1901) (M. E. Jones ex A. Gray) L. C. Anderson: Great Basin Naturalist 55: 86. (1995)
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