Ericameria pinifolia |
Ericameria resinosa |
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pine goldenweed, pine-bush |
Columbia goldenweed, Columbian goldenbush, Columbian heath goldenweed |
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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 |
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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 |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 75. | FNA vol. 20, p. 76. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ericameria |
Sibling taxa | ||
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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