Ericameria pinifolia
Ericameria ophitidis
pine goldenweed, pine-bush
serpentine goldenbush, serpentine macronema
erect to ascending, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, resinous.
erect to spreading, green when young, becoming reddish brown, intricately branched, glabrous or sparsely hairy, sometimes 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 (slightly concave), usually recurved, 5–15 × 0.5–1.5 mm, midnerves evident abaxially, apices acute, usually mucronate, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy, gland-dotted (not in deep pits), ± resinous;
axillary fascicles of 4–7 leaves usually present.
3–30 mm (leafy).
1–10 mm (glabrous or with conic hairs, resinous).
subcampanulate, 5–8 × 3.5–5.5 mm.
subcylindric, 10–15 × 3–7 mm.
3–10;
laminae 5.5–7 × 1.5–2 mm.
0.
11–25;
corollas 5–8 mm.
5–6;
corollas 9–10.5 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.
18–30 in 5–7 series, tan, ovate to elliptic, 2–12 × 1–2.5 mm, unequal, mostly chartaceous, occasionally herbaceous-tipped (mid bodies apically obtuse to truncate), appendages usually herbaceous, often spreading to recurved, midnerves faint, (margins membranous, fimbriate distally, otherwise sometimes ciliolate) apices acute to cuspidate, abaxial faces mostly resinous.
in racemiform to thyrsiform-paniculiform arrays (to 30 × 3–12 cm).
borne singly or (2–7) in cymiform arrays (clusters 3–20 mm).
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 to narrowly oblanceolate, 5–7 mm (ribs 5–7), moderately hairy distally;
pappi off-white to brown, 9–10.5 mm.
= 18.
Ericameria pinifolia
Ericameria ophitidis
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.)
Ericameria ophitidisis is known from northern California.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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