Ericameria palmeri |
Ericameria ericoides |
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Palmer goldenweed, Palmer's goldenbush |
California goldenbush, California heathgoldenrod, heather goldenweed, mock heather |
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Habit | Plants 50–400 cm. | Plants 30–150 cm. | ||||
Stems | erect, much branched, twigs crowded, green when young, becoming reddish brown to gray, glabrous or sparsely hairy, usually covered with resin-filled pits. |
ascending to erect, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous or sparsely hairy, resinous. |
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Leaves | (moderately crowded) ascending to spreading; blades linear to narrowly oblanceolate (terete, sulcate, or flattened), 5–50 × 0.5–2 mm, midnerves obscure or evident abaxially, apices acute, faces glabrous or moderately hairy, gland-dotted (in circular, deep pits), resinous; axillary fascicles with 1–10 leaves, shorter than subtending leaves. |
ascending to spreading; blades filiform (terete or adaxially sulcate), 3–18(–23) × 0.3–1 mm, midnerves obscure, apices acute, often mucronate, faces glabrous or hairy, gland-dotted (in circular, deep pits), resinous; axillary fascicles of 2–12 leaves, shorter than subtending leaves. |
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Peduncles | 2–15 mm (bracts 5–10+, leaflike). |
1–30 mm (bracts 4+, leaflike). |
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Involucres | turbinate to subcampanulate, 4–7 × 2.5–4 mm. |
subcampanulate, 5–8 × 2.5–4.5 mm. |
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Ray florets | 2–8; laminae 4–5 × 1–1.8 mm. |
2–6; laminae 4–6 × 1–2 mm. |
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Disc florets | 6–20; corollas 5–7 mm. |
5–14; corollas 5.5–8 mm. |
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Phyllaries | 16–24 in 3–5 series, mostly tan, narrowly oblong to elliptic, 1.5–6 × 0.4–0.8 mm, unequal, mostly chartaceous, midnerves evident on at least distal 1/2, slightly to strongly thickened, expanded distally, (margins narrowly membranous, sometimes ciliate distally) apices acute to rounded, abaxial faces glabrous, outer sometimes gland-dotted (sessile), frequently resinous. |
16–24 in 3–5 series, mostly tan, ovate to elliptic, 2.5–7 × 0.6–1.5 mm, unequal, outer ± herbaceous or herbaceous-appendaged, mid and inner mostly chartaceous, midnerves raised, subapical resin ducts darker, ± thickened, expanded apically, (margins ciliate) apices erect, acute to acuminate or mucronate to cuspidate, abaxial faces glabrous or sparsely hairy. |
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Heads | in racemiform to thyrsiform arrays (to 50 × 2–15 cm). |
in cymiform to paniculiform arrays (2–9 cm wide). |
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Cypselae | tan to brown, subcylindric, 3.5–4 mm, moderately to densely hairy; pappi off-white to brown, 5–8 mm. |
tan to brown, subcylindric, 2.5–4 mm (ribs 8–10), glabrous or hairy, more densely distally; pappi off-white to brown, 5–7 mm. |
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2n | = 18. |
= 18. |
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Ericameria palmeri |
Ericameria ericoides |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall, occasionally in spring. | |||||
Habitat | Sand dunes or sand hills along and near coast | |||||
Elevation | 0–500 m (0–1600 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; nw Mexico
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CA
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Ericameria ericoides ranges from Los Angeles to Sonoma counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 70. | FNA vol. 20, p. 59. | ||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria | ||||
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Synonyms | Haplopappus palmeri | Diplopappus ericoides, Haplopappus ericoides, Haplopappus ericoides subsp. blakei | ||||
Name authority | (A. Gray) H. M. Hall: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 53. (1907) | (Lessing) Jepson: Fl. W. Calif., 559. (1901) | ||||
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