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linear-leaf discoid gumweed, Wyoming goldenbush

interior goldenbush, narrowleaf goldenbush

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.

Ericameria linearis

Ericameria linearifolia

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
from FNA
MT; WY
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
AZ; CA; NM; NV; TX; UT
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[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 61. FNA vol. 20, p. 61.
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. fasciculata, E. gilmanii, E. greenei, E. laricifolia, E. lignumviridis, E. linearifolia, 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. 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 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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