Ericameria linearifolia |
Ericameria pinifolia |
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interior goldenbush, narrowleaf goldenbush |
pine goldenweed, pine-bush |
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Habit | Plants 40–150 cm. | Plants 50–300 cm. |
Stems | erect to spreading, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, resinous. |
erect to ascending, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, resinous. |
Leaves | usually ascending or spreading; blades filiform to narrowly oblanceolate (terete or flattened, adaxially sulcate to concave), 12–55 × 0.5–3 mm, midnerves evident, usually not raised, apices acute to acuminate, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy, gland-dotted (in circular, deep pits), resinous; axillary fascicles of 2–15 leaves, shorter than subtending leaves. |
ascending to spreading; blades linear to narrowly oblanceolate (terete or adaxially sulcate), 12–35 × 0.5–1.5 mm, midnerves obscure, apices acute, often mucronate, faces glabrous or moderately hairy, gland-dotted (in circular, deep pits), resinous; axillary fascicles of 4–10 leaves, shorter than subtending leaves. |
Peduncles | 20–70 mm (mostly ebracteate). |
3–30 mm (leafy). |
Involucres | hemispheric, 8–14 × 8–18 mm. |
subcampanulate, 5–8 × 3.5–5.5 mm. |
Ray florets | 3–18; laminae elliptic to lanceolate, 7–15 × 2–5 mm. |
3–10; laminae 5.5–7 × 1.5–2 mm. |
Disc florets | 16–60; corollas 6–10 mm. |
11–25; corollas 5–8 mm. |
Phyllaries | 24–32 in 2–3 series, green to tan, ovate to lanceolate, 4–10 × 0.5–3 mm, subequal, outer sometimes wholly herbaceous, usually mostly chartaceous, sometimes with green, medial stripes, midnerves conspicuous, raised, 1–2 collateral nerves often present, (margins membranous, minutely lacerate to fimbriate) apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hairy, often stipitate-glandular, resinous. |
20–26 in 4–6 series, tan, ovate to lanceolate or oblong, 3–7 × 1–1.8 mm, unequal, mostly chartaceous, outermost ± herbaceous-appendaged, midnerves thickened, darker resin ducts, slightly expanded apically, (margins membranous, fimbriate, especially distally) apices erect, acuminate to cuspidate, inner and mid acute to acuminate, abaxial faces usually glabrous, resinous. |
Heads | usually borne singly. |
in racemiform to thyrsiform-paniculiform arrays (to 30 × 3–12 cm). |
Cypselae | tan to brown, narrowly oblanceoloid, somewhat flattened, 4–5 mm (2-ribbed), sericeous to villous; pappi silvery, 5.8–7 mm. |
tan to brown, subobovoid, 3.5–5 mm, glabrous or moderately hairy, more densely distally; pappi off-white to brown, 6–7.5 mm. |
2n | = 18. |
= 18. |
Ericameria linearifolia |
Ericameria pinifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–early summer. | Flowering late summer–fall(–spring). |
Habitat | Rocky or sandy soils of mountainsides, dry creek beds, deserts, mesas, and interior plains | Open, sandy to stony soils in chaparral, oak woodland, or scrub in near coastal communities |
Elevation | 70–2000 m (200–6600 ft) | 100–1800 m (300–5900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NM; NV; TX; UT
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Ericameria pinifolia ranges from Ventura County to northern Baja California. It blooms primarily in late summer and fall; it sometimes produces scattered, larger flowering heads in spring. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 61. | FNA vol. 20, p. 75. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Haplopappus linearifolius, Haplopappus linearifolius subsp. interior | Haplopappus pinifolius |
Name authority | (de Candolle) Urbatsch & Wussow: Brittonia 31: 273. (1979) | (A. Gray) H. M. Hall: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 54. (1907) |
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