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Rydberg's goldenbush

turpentine bush, turpentine-brush

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

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
from FNA
UT
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from FNA
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 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. linearis, E. nana, E. nauseosa, 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. lignumviridis, E. linearifolia, 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 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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