Ericameria pinifolia
Ericameria cuneata
pine goldenweed, pine-bush
cliff goldenbush, cliff goldenbush cliff heathgoldenrod, rock goldenbush, wedgeleaf goldenbush
erect to ascending, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, resinous.
spreading to ascending or erect, green when young, highly branched, glabrous, gland-dotted (sometimes 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-spreading;
blades cuneate to spatulate, 2–25 × 2–16 mm, midnerves evident or faint, (margins usually flat) apices rounded, obtuse, or retuse, sometimes mucronate, faces glabrous, gland-dotted (in pits), thickly resinous;
axillary leaf fascicles rarely present.
3–30 mm (leafy).
2–10 mm (bracts 0–10+, scalelike).
subcampanulate, 5–8 × 3.5–5.5 mm.
turbinate to narrowly campanulate, 6–12.5 × 4–14 mm.
3–10;
laminae 5.5–7 × 1.5–2 mm.
0(–7);
laminae 3–4.3 × 1–1.5 mm.
11–25;
corollas 5–8 mm.
7–70;
corollas ca. 5.5 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.
20–60 in 3–7 series, tan, ovate to lanceolate, 2–6 × 0.5–2.5 mm, unequal, mostly chartaceous, sometimes each with herbaceous subapical patch, midnerves evident on proximal 1/2 or throughout, subapical resin ducts 0 or slightly darker, thickened and expanded, (margins membranous, weakly lacerate) apices acute to acuminate or obtuse, abaxial faces glabrous.
in racemiform to thyrsiform-paniculiform arrays (to 30 × 3–12 cm).
usually borne singly, sometimes in rounded, cymiform arrays (to 5 × 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 brown, turbinate, 2.5–3 mm, sericeous to villous;
pappi off-white to brown, 6.5–8 mm.
= 18.
= 18.
Ericameria pinifolia
Ericameria cuneata
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.)
Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).
Variety spathulata extends into Mexico. It is reported to hybridize with Ericameria nauseosa.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Disc florets 36–70 (San Diego County, California) | var. macrocephala |
1. Disc florets 7–33 | → 2 |
2. Leaves sessile, blades cuneate, largest 3–14(–18) × 2–9(–12) | var. cuneata |
2. Leaves petiolate, blades spatulate, largest (9–)12–25 × 4–16 | var. spathulata |
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