Ericameria gilmanii |
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Gilman's goldenbush, whiteflower goldenbush |
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Habit | Plants 10–50 cm. |
Stems | erect to ascending or divergent, much branched, sparsely hairy (hairs low, conic), resinous. |
Leaves | ascending to spreading, distally recurved; blades narrowly obovate (sometimes conduplicate), 6–12 × 2–4 mm, midnerves raised adaxially, (margins often undulate) apices acute, mucronate to cuspidate, faces gland-dotted to resinous; sometimes with axillary fascicles of 1–7 leaves. |
Peduncles | 1–15 mm (bracts 0 or 1–4, scalelike). |
Involucres | narrowly campanulate, 8–12 × 4–6 mm. |
Ray florets | 4–7; laminae (white) 4–5.5 × 1–2 mm. |
Disc florets | 10–18; corollas (white) 5.5–7 mm. |
Phyllaries | 22–28 in 4–6 series, green to tan, squarrose or reflexed (outer), ovate to oblong, 2.5–7 × 0.6–1.5 mm, unequal, outer herbaceous or herbaceous-cuspidate, innermost chartaceous (bodies usually apically obtuse to retuse proximal to appendages), midnerves and subapical resin ducts darker, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces glabrous, resinous. |
Heads | usually borne singly, sometimes in cymiform to racemiform arrays (4–6 cm wide). |
Cypselae | tan to brown, narrowly turbinate, 3.5–4 mm (5-ribbed), densely pilose, sericeous to villous; pappi whitish, 5–6.5 mm. |
2n | = 18. |
Ericameria gilmanii |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. |
Habitat | Crevices on rocky cliff faces, often on limestone |
Elevation | 2100–3400 m (6900–11200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Ericameria gilmanii is known only from Inyo County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 59. |
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Synonyms | Haplopappus gilmanii |
Name authority | (S. F. Blake) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 68: 153. (1990) |
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