Ericameria pinifolia
Ericameria gilmanii
pine goldenweed, pine-bush
Gilman's goldenbush, whiteflower goldenbush
erect to ascending, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, resinous.
erect to ascending or divergent, much branched, sparsely hairy (hairs low, conic), 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, distally recurved;
blades narrowly obovate (sometimes conduplicate), 6–12 × 2–4 mm, midnerves raised adaxially, (margins often undulate) apices acute, mucronate to cuspidate, faces gland-dotted to resinous;
sometimes with axillary fascicles of 1–7 leaves.
3–30 mm (leafy).
1–15 mm (bracts 0 or 1–4, scalelike).
subcampanulate, 5–8 × 3.5–5.5 mm.
narrowly campanulate, 8–12 × 4–6 mm.
3–10;
laminae 5.5–7 × 1.5–2 mm.
4–7;
laminae (white) 4–5.5 × 1–2 mm.
11–25;
corollas 5–8 mm.
10–18;
corollas (white) 5.5–7 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.
22–28 in 4–6 series, green to tan, squarrose or reflexed (outer), ovate to oblong, 2.5–7 × 0.6–1.5 mm, unequal, outer herbaceous or herbaceous-cuspidate, innermost chartaceous (bodies usually apically obtuse to retuse proximal to appendages), midnerves and subapical resin ducts darker, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces glabrous, resinous.
in racemiform to thyrsiform-paniculiform arrays (to 30 × 3–12 cm).
usually 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, narrowly turbinate, 3.5–4 mm (5-ribbed), densely pilose, sericeous to villous;
pappi whitish, 5–6.5 mm.
= 18.
= 18.
Ericameria pinifolia
Ericameria gilmanii
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 gilmanii is known only from Inyo County.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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