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pine goldenweed, pine-bush

Columbia goldenweed, Columbian goldenbush, Columbian heath goldenweed

Habit Plants 50–300 cm. Plants 30–50 cm.
Stems

erect to ascending, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, resinous.

erect to spreading, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous or sparsely hairy, resinous.

Leaves

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.

mostly ascending to spreading, often recurved distally;

blades filiform to narrowly oblanceolate (adaxially sulcate), 10–25 × 0.5–1.5 mm, midnerves obscure, apices apiculate, faces glabrous, resinous (axillary fascicles usually present).

Peduncles

3–30 mm (leafy).

1–10 mm (bracts 0–15+).

Involucres

subcampanulate, 5–8 × 3.5–5.5 mm.

obconic, 5.5–8 × 3–5 mm.

Ray florets

3–10;

laminae 5.5–7 × 1.5–2 mm.

3–7;

laminae (white) 5.5–7 × 1.5–2 mm.

Disc florets

11–25;

corollas 5–8 mm.

10–15;

corollas (white) 6–8 mm.

Phyllaries

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.

22–34 in 4–5 series, green to tan, lanceolate to oblong, 1–6 × 0.5–1.5 mm, strongly unequal (sometimes outer subequal), mostly chartaceous, outer herbaceous or apically so (mid bodies often apically obtuse to notched, with subulate appendages), midnerves evident, (margins narrowly membranous, entire or serrulate, often ciliolate) apices acute to attenuate (outer often squarrose), abaxial faces glabrous, resinous.

Heads

in racemiform to thyrsiform-paniculiform arrays (to 30 × 3–12 cm).

in loose, cymiform arrays (1–4 cm wide).

Cypselae

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, 4.5–5 mm, moderately to densely sericeous;

pappi off-white to brown, 5.8–7.2 mm.

2n

= 18.

= 18.

Ericameria pinifolia

Ericameria resinosa

Phenology Flowering late summer–fall(–spring). Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Open, sandy to stony soils in chaparral, oak woodland, or scrub in near coastal communities Rocky plains, steep hillsides, and cliff faces, often on basalt
Elevation 100–1800 m (300–5900 ft) 100–1000 m (300–3300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
ID; OR; WA
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Discussion

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.)

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 75. FNA vol. 20, p. 76.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria
Sibling taxa
E. albida, E. arborescens, E. arizonica, E. bloomeri, E. brachylepis, E. cervina, E. compacta, E. cooperi, E. crispa, E. cuneata, E. discoidea, E. ericoides, E. fasciculata, E. gilmanii, E. greenei, E. laricifolia, E. lignumviridis, E. linearifolia, E. linearis, E. nana, E. nauseosa, E. obovata, E. ophitidis, E. palmeri, E. paniculata, E. parishii, E. parryi, E. resinosa, E. suffruticosa, E. teretifolia, E. watsonii, E. winwardii, E. zionis
E. albida, E. arborescens, E. arizonica, E. bloomeri, E. brachylepis, E. cervina, E. compacta, E. cooperi, E. crispa, E. cuneata, E. discoidea, E. ericoides, E. fasciculata, E. gilmanii, E. greenei, E. laricifolia, E. lignumviridis, E. linearifolia, E. linearis, E. nana, E. nauseosa, E. obovata, E. ophitidis, E. palmeri, E. paniculata, E. parishii, E. parryi, E. pinifolia, E. suffruticosa, E. teretifolia, E. watsonii, E. winwardii, E. zionis
Synonyms Haplopappus pinifolius Haplopappus resinosus
Name authority (A. Gray) H. M. Hall: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 54. (1907) Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 319. (1840)
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