Ericameria pinifolia
Ericameria brachylepis
pine goldenweed, pine-bush
boundary goldenbush, chaparral goldenbush, chaparral goldenweed
erect to ascending, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, resinous.
erect to spreading, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, gland-dotted (in pits), resinous.
ascending to spreading;
blades linear to narrowly oblanceolate (terete or adaxially sulcate), 12–35 × 0.5–1.5 mm, midnerves obscure, apices acute, often mucronate, faces glabrous or moderately hairy, gland-dotted (in circular, deep pits), resinous;
axillary fascicles of 4–10 leaves, shorter than subtending leaves.
ascending to spreading;
blades linear to narrowly elliptic (usually terete to sulcate adaxially), 10–25 × 0.8–1.5 mm, midnerves obscure to evident, apices usually acute, rarely rounded, sometimes mucronate, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy, gland-dotted (in circular, deep pits), resinous;
axillary fascicles of 2–10 leaves, shorter than subtending leaves.
3–30 mm (leafy).
3–20 mm (leafy or bracteate).
subcampanulate, 5–8 × 3.5–5.5 mm.
turbinate, 4–6 × 2–5 mm.
3–10;
laminae 5.5–7 × 1.5–2 mm.
usually 0, rarely 1–2;
laminae elliptic, 4–6 × 1–1.5 mm.
11–25;
corollas 5–8 mm.
6–16(–22);
corollas 5–6.5 mm.
20–26 in 4–6 series, tan, ovate to lanceolate or oblong, 3–7 × 1–1.8 mm, unequal, mostly chartaceous, outermost ± herbaceous-appendaged, midnerves thickened, darker resin ducts, slightly expanded apically, (margins membranous, fimbriate, especially distally) apices erect, acuminate to cuspidate, inner and mid acute to acuminate, abaxial faces usually glabrous, resinous.
15–22 in 3–4 series, tan, ovate to elliptic, 2.5–7 × 0.6–1.5 mm, unequal, outer ± herbaceous, mid and inner mostly chartaceous, midnerves darker, strongly raised, uniform in widths, resinous, (margins membranous, ciliate especially distally) apices erect, acute, abaxial faces glabrous.
in racemiform to thyrsiform-paniculiform arrays (to 30 × 3–12 cm).
in racemiform to paniculiform arrays (1–15 × ca. 8 cm).
tan to brown, subobovoid, 3.5–5 mm, glabrous or moderately hairy, more densely distally;
pappi off-white to brown, 6–7.5 mm.
tan to purple, 3.5–4 mm (7–8 ribbed), densely hairy;
pappi off-white to brown, sometimes reddish, 5–6.5 mm.
= 18.
= 36.
Ericameria pinifolia
Ericameria brachylepis
Of conservation concern.
Ericameria pinifolia ranges from Ventura County to northern Baja California. It blooms primarily in late summer and fall; it sometimes produces scattered, larger flowering heads in spring.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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