Ericameria linearis |
Ericameria linearifolia |
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linear-leaf discoid gumweed, Wyoming goldenbush |
interior goldenbush, narrowleaf goldenbush |
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Habit | Plants 10–40 cm. | Plants 40–150 cm. |
Stems | erect to spreading, green when young, becoming brown, branched proximally, densely floccose-tomentose, eglandular. |
erect to spreading, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, resinous. |
Leaves | ascending; blades linear (adaxially sulcate), 10–30 × 1–2 mm, midnerves evident, apices acute, faces mostly densely tomentose, stipitate-glandular; sometimes with axillary leaf fascicles. |
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. |
Peduncles | 2–20 mm (usually leafy). |
20–70 mm (mostly ebracteate). |
Involucres | obconic, 9–11 × 6–9 mm. |
hemispheric, 8–14 × 8–18 mm. |
Ray florets | 0. |
3–18; laminae elliptic to lanceolate, 7–15 × 2–5 mm. |
Disc florets | 10–22; corollas 9–11 mm. |
16–60; corollas 6–10 mm. |
Phyllaries | 20–30 in 2–3 series, green to tan, oblong to lanceolate, 5–10 × 0.8–1.5 mm, subequal, mostly chartaceous, outer herbaceous or herbaceous-tipped, midnerves usually evident, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces hairy, stipitate-glandular. |
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. |
Heads | borne singly or in cymiform arrays. |
usually borne singly. |
Cypselae | brownish, narrowly oblong, 5–6 mm, densely hairy; pappi tan, 8–10 mm. |
tan to brown, narrowly oblanceoloid, somewhat flattened, 4–5 mm (2-ribbed), sericeous to villous; pappi silvery, 5.8–7 mm. |
2n | = 18. |
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Ericameria linearis |
Ericameria linearifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. | Flowering spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Dry, stony slopes | Rocky or sandy soils of mountainsides, dry creek beds, deserts, mesas, and interior plains |
Elevation | ca. 2300 m (ca. 7500 ft) | 70–2000 m (200–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
MT; WY |
AZ; CA; NM; NV; TX; UT
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 61. | FNA vol. 20, p. 61. |
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Synonyms | Macronema lineare, E. discoidea var. linearis, Haplopappus macronema subsp. linearis, Haplopappus macronema var. linearis | Haplopappus linearifolius, Haplopappus linearifolius subsp. interior |
Name authority | (Rydberg) R. P. Roberts & Urbatsch: Sida 21: 1560. (2005) | (de Candolle) Urbatsch & Wussow: Brittonia 31: 273. (1979) |
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