Ericameria winwardii
Ericameria pinifolia
Winward's goldenbush
pine goldenweed, pine-bush
stems prostrate or ascending to erect, green when young (± concealed by tomentum), becoming tan to brown, moderately branched, densely floccose-tomentose, eglandular.
erect to ascending, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, resinous.
ascending;
blades elliptic or oblanceolate (flat), 6–15 × 2.5–5 mm, midnerves prominent, apices acute (often curved downward), faces densely silvery white floccose-tomentose, eglandular;
fascicles absent.
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.
1–5 mm (tomentose, bracts 0–3, phyllary-like).
3–30 mm (leafy).
obconic, 9–12 × 3–4 mm.
subcampanulate, 5–8 × 3.5–5.5 mm.
0.
3–10;
laminae 5.5–7 × 1.5–2 mm.
4–9;
corollas ca. 9 mm.
11–25;
corollas 5–8 mm.
11–15 in 2–3 series, lanceolate or elliptic to oblanceolate, 1.5–5 × 0.8–1.3 mm, subequal, outer herbaceous or herbaceous-tipped, inner mostly chartaceous or herbaceous-tipped, midnerves conspicuous, raised, (margins: outer herbaceous, entire, floccose-tomentose, inner narrowly scarious, minutely lacerate) apices acute to acuminate, outer abaxial faces floccose-tomentose, inner glabrate.
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.
usually borne singly, sometimes (2–3) in racemiform arrays (5–20 mm wide).
in racemiform to thyrsiform-paniculiform arrays (to 30 × 3–12 cm).
tan to brown, narrowly oblanceoloid, 5–7 mm (5-ribbed), densely sericeous;
pappi tan, 8–9 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.
= 18.
Ericameria winwardii
Ericameria pinifolia
Of conservation concern.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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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