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Ericameria fasciculata

Ericameria crispa

Eastwood's goldenbush

crisped goldenbush
Habit Plants 30–150 cm. Plants 20–40 cm.
Stems

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

erect, green when young, much branched, short-stipitate-glandular.
Leaves

ascending to spreading;

blades filiform (terete or flattened), 5–25 × 1–2 mm, midnerves obscure, apices acute often mucronate, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy, regularly gland-dotted (in circular, deep pits), resinous;

axillary fascicles of 2–10 leaves, shorter than subtending leaves.

erect to ascending;

blades oblanceolate to spatulate, 15–30 × 3–8 mm, midnerves and 2 smaller collateral veins evident, (margins crisped) apices acute, often apiculate, faces short-stipitate-glandular, resinous.
Peduncles

1–15 mm (bracts 3+, leaflike).

5–40 mm (bracts 0–3, reduced, leaflike).
Involucres

subcampanulate, 6–8.5 × 5–7 mm.

campanulate, 12.5–15 × 5–9 mm.
Ray florets

4–6;

laminae 4.5–6 × 1.2–2 mm.

0.
Disc florets

18–25;

corollas 6.5–8 mm.

14–24;

corollas 9.5–10.8 mm.
Phyllaries

22–26 in 3–5 series, yellowish tan, ovate to lanceolate, 2.5–7 × 0.6–1.5 mm, unequal, mostly chartaceous, midnerves evident, sometimes with 1–2, collateral nerves, ± thickened, raised, often expanded distally, subapical resin ducts darker, narrow and only slightly thickened, (margins membranous, erose-ciliate) apices erect, acute to acuminate or cuspidate, abaxial faces glabrous or sparsely hairy.

24–35 in 3–4 series, green to tan, ovate or lanceolate to elliptic, 8–12 × 1–2.5 mm, subequal, outer herbaceous to chartaceous, inner mostly chartaceous, midnerves slightly raised, evident entire length of bodies, (margins ciliate) apices acute to acuminate or cuspidate (outer), appendages slender (outer), abaxial faces glabrous.
Heads

mostly borne singly, sometimes in cymiform to racemiform arrays (4–6 cm wide).

usually in loose, paniculiform or congested, cymiform arrays, sometimes borne singly.
Cypselae

tan to brown, subcylindric, 3.5–4 mm, sericeous to villous;

pappi off-white to reddish brown, 6.5–8 mm.

tan to reddish, elliptic, 6.5–8.5 mm, sparsely, evenly strigose;

pappi usually off-white to brown, sometimes reddish, 8–9.5 mm.
2n

= 18.

= 18.

Ericameria fasciculata

Ericameria crispa
Phenology Flowering summer–fall, occasionally in spring. Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Sandy soils On open slopes of weathered soils, with manzanita, fir, pine
Elevation 0–500 m (0–1600 ft) 2400–3100 m (7900–10200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
UT
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Ericameria fasciculata is known only from near Monterey and Carmel bays (Monterey County). It probably hybridizes with E. ericoides.

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

Of conservation concern.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 59. FNA vol. 20, p. 57.
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. ericoides, 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. 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 Chrysoma fasciculata, Haplopappus eastwoodiae Haplopappus crispus
Name authority (Eastwood) J. F. Macbride: Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 36. (1918) (L. C. Anderson) G. L. Neson: Phytologia 68: 152. (1990)
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