Flora of North America species comparison

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Ericameria zionis

Ericameria compacta

subalpine goldenbush, subalpine or Cedar Breaks goldenbush

Charleston Mountain goldenbush
Habit Plants 10–30 cm. Plants 15–50 cm.
Stems

decumbent to ascending, green when young, often reddish tinged, soon reddish brown to brown, branched, twigs long-stipitate-glandular (sometimes with crinkly hairs interspersed).

erect to spreading, green when young, becoming tan, branched proximally, often with scattered, crinkled hairs and short- stipitate-glandular hairs.
Leaves

mostly erect or ascending;

blades spatulate (flat), 25–40 × 2.5–7 mm, midnerves (plus 2 smaller, collateral nerves) evident, apices acuminate, faces long-stipitate-glandular;

fascicles absent.

mostly erect or ascending;

blades oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate, 20–40 × 2–3(–5) mm, midnerves evident, apices acute to acuminate, faces short-stipitate-glandular, sometimes gland-dotted (sessile), resinous;

axillary fascicles of 1–7 reduced leaves often proximally present, distally absent.
Peduncles

3–15 mm (long-stipitate-glandular, bracts 0–3, phyllary-like).

1–15 mm (bracts 0–3, usually resembling phyllaries).
Involucres

turbinate to narrowly campanulate, 14–22 × 6–8 mm.

narrowly campanulate, 12–15 × 4.5–5.5 mm.
Ray florets

0.

0.
Disc florets

10–21;

corollas 9.5–12 mm.

10–16;

corollas 9.1–11.5 mm.
Phyllaries

17–23 in 2–4 series, tan to green, lanceolate to elliptic, 10–14 × 1.6–2.7 mm, subequal (outer often slightly longer than inner), outer herbaceous or with herbaceous cusps, inner mostly chartaceous, midnerves (often plus 2 collateral nerves) evident, (margins villous distally) apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces stipitate-glandular, inner sometimes glabrous.

18–24 in (3–)4 series, tan, ovate or lanceolate to elliptic, 4–11 × 0.6–1.2 mm, subequal, mostly chartaceous, midnerves raised, evident, apices acute to cuspidate, herbaceous-tipped, abaxial faces resinous.
Heads

in (leafy) congested, paniculiform to cymiform arrays (1–4 cm wide).

usually in paniculiform or cymiform arrays, sometimes borne singly.
Cypselae

tan to reddish, ellipsoid, 7–8 mm, glabrous or apically hairy;

pappi off-white to brown, sometimes reddish, 9–9.5 mm.

tan to reddish, ellipsoid, 6–10 mm, glabrate or apically sparsely hairy;

pappi off-white to brown, sometimes reddish, 7–9 mm.
2n

= 18 [as Haplopappus bloomeri subsp. compactus].

= 18.

Ericameria zionis

Ericameria compacta
Phenology Flowering summer–fall. Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Gravelly to sandy clay soils with manzanita, spruce, fir, and pine Sheltered, rocky to gravelly slopes in pine forests
Elevation 2400–3100 m (7900–10200 ft) 2500–3500 m (8200–11500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
UT
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
NV
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Ericameria zionis is known from southern Utah.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Of conservation concern.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 77. FNA vol. 20, p. 56.
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. pinifolia, E. resinosa, E. suffruticosa, E. teretifolia, E. watsonii, E. winwardii
E. albida, E. arborescens, E. arizonica, E. bloomeri, E. brachylepis, E. cervina, 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. suffruticosa, E. teretifolia, E. watsonii, E. winwardii, E. zionis
Synonyms Haplopappus zionis Haplopappus bloomeri subsp. compactus, Haplopappus bloomeri var. compactus, Haplopappus compactus
Name authority (L. C. Anderson) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 68: 153. (1990) (H. M. Hall) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 68: 152. (1990)
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