Ericameria pinifolia
Ericameria fasciculata
pine goldenweed, pine-bush
Eastwood's goldenbush
erect to ascending, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, resinous.
erect to ascending, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous or sparsely hairy, 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 filiform (terete or flattened), 5–25 × 1–2 mm, midnerves obscure, apices acute often mucronate, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy, regularly gland-dotted (in circular, deep pits), resinous;
axillary fascicles of 2–10 leaves, shorter than subtending leaves.
3–30 mm (leafy).
1–15 mm (bracts 3+, leaflike).
subcampanulate, 5–8 × 3.5–5.5 mm.
subcampanulate, 6–8.5 × 5–7 mm.
3–10;
laminae 5.5–7 × 1.5–2 mm.
4–6;
laminae 4.5–6 × 1.2–2 mm.
11–25;
corollas 5–8 mm.
18–25;
corollas 6.5–8 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.
22–26 in 3–5 series, yellowish tan, ovate to lanceolate, 2.5–7 × 0.6–1.5 mm, unequal, mostly chartaceous, midnerves evident, sometimes with 1–2, collateral nerves, ± thickened, raised, often expanded distally, subapical resin ducts darker, narrow and only slightly thickened, (margins membranous, erose-ciliate) apices erect, acute to acuminate or cuspidate, abaxial faces glabrous or sparsely hairy.
in racemiform to thyrsiform-paniculiform arrays (to 30 × 3–12 cm).
mostly borne singly, sometimes in cymiform to racemiform arrays (4–6 cm wide).
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, subcylindric, 3.5–4 mm, sericeous to villous;
pappi off-white to reddish brown, 6.5–8 mm.
= 18.
= 18.
Ericameria pinifolia
Ericameria fasciculata
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.)
Of conservation concern.
Ericameria fasciculata is known only from near Monterey and Carmel bays (Monterey County). It probably hybridizes with E. ericoides.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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