Flora of North America species comparison

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Ericameria pinifolia

Ericameria suffruticosa

pine goldenweed, pine-bush

bighead goldenbush, goldenweed, heath goldenrod, shrubby goldenweed, single-head goldenweed, singlehead goldenbush
Habit Plants 50–300 cm. Plants 10–40 cm.
Stems

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

spreading to erect (bushes mostly broader than high), highly branched, green when young, becoming reddish brown, long-stipitate-glandular.
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.

ascending;

blades oblanceolate, 5–40 × 2–7 mm, midnerves evident, (margins crispate) apices acute, faces long-stipitate-glandular;

fascicles absent or of 1–3 leaves.
Peduncles

3–30 mm (leafy).

2–20(–40) mm (bracts 1–10+, leaflike).
Involucres

subcampanulate, 5–8 × 3.5–5.5 mm.

campanulate, 9–15 × 10–15 mm.
Ray florets

3–10;

laminae 5.5–7 × 1.5–2 mm.

(0–)1–8;

laminae elliptic, 8–14 × 1.5–4 mm.
Disc florets

11–25;

corollas 5–8 mm.

15–40;

corollas 8.5–10.5 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.

17–31 in 2–3 series, green to tan, lanceolate to obovate, 8–18 × 1–4 mm, subequal, outer herbaceous or herbaceous-tipped, inner chartaceous to herbaceous-tipped, midnerves (+ 2 smaller, collateral nerves) often evident, (margins herbaceous or narrowly membranous, mostly stipitate glandular to fimbriate) apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces stipitate-glandular.
Heads

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

borne singly or (2–3) in (leafy) racemiform 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.

narrowly turbinate to ellipsoid, 5.5–8 mm, villous;

pappi tan, 7.5–9 mm.
2n

= 18.

= 18.

Ericameria pinifolia

Ericameria suffruticosa
Phenology Flowering late summer–fall(–spring). Flowering mid summer–fall.
Habitat Open, sandy to stony soils in chaparral, oak woodland, or scrub in near coastal communities Rocky slopes and ridges in conifer forests and alpine zones
Elevation 100–1800 m (300–5900 ft) 2100–3500 m (6900–11500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; WY
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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. resinosa, E. teretifolia, E. watsonii, E. winwardii, E. zionis
Synonyms Haplopappus pinifolius Macronema suffruticosa, Haplopappus suffruticosus
Name authority (A. Gray) H. M. Hall: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 54. (1907) (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 68: 153. (1990)
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