Ericameria obovata |
Ericameria laricifolia |
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Rydberg's goldenbush |
turpentine bush, turpentine-brush |
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Habit | Plants 20–40 cm. | Plants 30–100 cm. |
Stems | erect to ascending, green, becoming tan, branched, stipitate-glandular. |
erect to ascending, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, gland-dotted, resinous. |
Leaves | ascending; blades obovate to spatulate (flat), 10–30 × 4–12 mm, midnerves evident (1–2 collateral nerves sometimes present, abaxial reticulum of secondary veins often evident), (margins often undulate) apices obtuse, apiculate, faces densely stipitate-glandular; axillary fascicules usually absent. |
blades ascending, sometimes spreading when older, filiform to narrowly oblanceolate (adaxially sulcate to concave), 10–20 × 1–2 mm, midnerves not evident, apices acute, sometimes apiculate, faces glabrous, regularly gland-dotted (in circular, deep pits), resinous; axillary leaf fascicles sometimes present, shorter than subtending leaves. |
Peduncles | 1–7 mm (stipitate-glandular). |
3–15 mm (bracts 3–20+, mostly leaflike, distal scalelike). |
Involucres | obconic, 6–8 × 4–7 mm. |
turbinate, 3–5 × 3–5 mm. |
Ray florets | 4–9; laminae elliptic, 3.5–6 × 1.2–1.8 mm. |
3–6; laminae 4–5 × 1–2 mm. |
Disc florets | 9–15; corollas 6.2–6.8 mm. |
6–16; corollas 5–6 mm. |
Phyllaries | 22–28 in 4–6 series, tan, ovate to elliptic, 1–6 × 0.5–1.2 mm, strongly unequal, mostly chartaceous, midnerves evident, (margins narrowly membranous, entire or minutely lacerate) apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces mostly stipitate-glandular, resinous. |
12–20 in 3–4 series, tan, linear to lanceolate, 1–3.5 × 0.5–1 mm, unequal, mostly chartaceous, sometimes herbaceous-tipped, erect, midnerves raised, somewhat expanded apically, subapical resin ducts usually present, (margins scarious to narrowly membranous, glabrous or ciliate) apices erect, acute, sometimes apiculate, abaxial faces glabrous. |
Heads | in cymiform to racemiform arrays (1–3 cm wide). |
in irregular cymiform arrays (to 7 cm wide). |
Cypselae | tan to reddish brown, columnar, 3.5–4.5 mm [ribs unknown], villous; pappi tan, 4–5.5 mm. |
tan to brown, turbinate to narrowly oblanceolate, 3.5–4 mm (ribs ca. 5), villous; pappi off-white to brown, 3.5–5 mm. |
2n | = 36. |
= 18. |
Ericameria obovata |
Ericameria laricifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. | Flowering fall. |
Habitat | Open rocky soils, mostly associated with desert shrub, pinyon-juniper, and lower ponderosa pine | Rocky, desert mountains on slopes, mesas, canyons, and rock walls |
Elevation | 1500–3400 m (4900–11200 ft) | 1000–2000 m (3300–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
UT |
AZ; CA; NM; NV; TX; UT; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 69. | FNA vol. 20, p. 60. |
Parent taxa | ||
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Macronema obovatum, Haplopappus rydbergii, Haplopappus watsonii var. rydbergii | Haplopappus laricifolius |
Name authority | (Rydberg) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 68: 152. (1990) | (A. Gray) Shinners: Field & Lab. 18: 27. (1950) |
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