Ericameria pinifolia
Ericameria linearifolia
pine goldenweed, pine-bush
interior goldenbush, narrowleaf goldenbush
erect to ascending, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, resinous.
erect to spreading, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, 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.
usually ascending or spreading;
blades filiform to narrowly oblanceolate (terete or flattened, adaxially sulcate to concave), 12–55 × 0.5–3 mm, midnerves evident, usually not raised, apices acute to acuminate, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy, gland-dotted (in circular, deep pits), resinous;
axillary fascicles of 2–15 leaves, shorter than subtending leaves.
3–30 mm (leafy).
20–70 mm (mostly ebracteate).
subcampanulate, 5–8 × 3.5–5.5 mm.
hemispheric, 8–14 × 8–18 mm.
3–10;
laminae 5.5–7 × 1.5–2 mm.
3–18;
laminae elliptic to lanceolate, 7–15 × 2–5 mm.
11–25;
corollas 5–8 mm.
16–60;
corollas 6–10 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.
24–32 in 2–3 series, green to tan, ovate to lanceolate, 4–10 × 0.5–3 mm, subequal, outer sometimes wholly herbaceous, usually mostly chartaceous, sometimes with green, medial stripes, midnerves conspicuous, raised, 1–2 collateral nerves often present, (margins membranous, minutely lacerate to fimbriate) apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hairy, often stipitate-glandular, resinous.
in racemiform to thyrsiform-paniculiform arrays (to 30 × 3–12 cm).
usually borne singly.
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 oblanceoloid, somewhat flattened, 4–5 mm (2-ribbed), sericeous to villous;
pappi silvery, 5.8–7 mm.
= 18.
= 18.
Ericameria pinifolia
Ericameria linearifolia
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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