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Ericameria ericoides

Ericameria zionis

California goldenbush, California heathgoldenrod, heather goldenweed, mock heather

subalpine goldenbush, subalpine or Cedar Breaks goldenbush
Habit Plants 30–150 cm. Plants 10–30 cm.
Stems

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

decumbent to ascending, green when young, often reddish tinged, soon reddish brown to brown, branched, twigs long-stipitate-glandular (sometimes with crinkly hairs interspersed).
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.

mostly erect or ascending;

blades spatulate (flat), 25–40 × 2.5–7 mm, midnerves (plus 2 smaller, collateral nerves) evident, apices acuminate, faces long-stipitate-glandular;

fascicles absent.
Peduncles

1–30 mm (bracts 4+, leaflike).

3–15 mm (long-stipitate-glandular, bracts 0–3, phyllary-like).
Involucres

subcampanulate, 5–8 × 2.5–4.5 mm.

turbinate to narrowly campanulate, 14–22 × 6–8 mm.
Ray florets

2–6;

laminae 4–6 × 1–2 mm.

0.
Disc florets

5–14;

corollas 5.5–8 mm.

10–21;

corollas 9.5–12 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.

17–23 in 2–4 series, tan to green, lanceolate to elliptic, 10–14 × 1.6–2.7 mm, subequal (outer often slightly longer than inner), outer herbaceous or with herbaceous cusps, inner mostly chartaceous, midnerves (often plus 2 collateral nerves) evident, (margins villous distally) apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces stipitate-glandular, inner sometimes glabrous.
Heads

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

in (leafy) congested, paniculiform to cymiform arrays (1–4 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 to reddish, ellipsoid, 7–8 mm, glabrous or apically hairy;

pappi off-white to brown, sometimes reddish, 9–9.5 mm.
2n

= 18.

= 18 [as Haplopappus bloomeri subsp. compactus].

Ericameria ericoides

Ericameria zionis
Phenology Flowering late summer–fall, occasionally in spring. Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat Sand dunes or sand hills along and near coast Gravelly to sandy clay soils with manzanita, spruce, fir, and pine
Elevation 0–500 m (0–1600 ft) 2400–3100 m (7900–10200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
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.)

Of conservation concern.

Ericameria zionis is known from southern Utah.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 59. FNA vol. 20, p. 77.
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. albida, 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
Synonyms Diplopappus ericoides, Haplopappus ericoides, Haplopappus ericoides subsp. blakei Haplopappus zionis
Name authority (Lessing) Jepson: Fl. W. Calif., 559. (1901) (L. C. Anderson) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 68: 153. (1990)
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