Ericameria zionis
Ericameria palmeri
subalpine goldenbush, subalpine or Cedar Breaks goldenbush
Palmer goldenweed, Palmer's goldenbush
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, much branched, twigs crowded, green when young, becoming reddish brown to gray, glabrous or sparsely hairy, usually covered with resin-filled pits.
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.
(moderately crowded) ascending to spreading;
blades linear to narrowly oblanceolate (terete, sulcate, or flattened), 5–50 × 0.5–2 mm, midnerves obscure or evident abaxially, apices acute, faces glabrous or moderately hairy, gland-dotted (in circular, deep pits), resinous;
axillary fascicles with 1–10 leaves, shorter than subtending leaves.
3–15 mm (long-stipitate-glandular, bracts 0–3, phyllary-like).
2–15 mm (bracts 5–10+, leaflike).
turbinate to narrowly campanulate, 14–22 × 6–8 mm.
turbinate to subcampanulate, 4–7 × 2.5–4 mm.
0.
2–8;
laminae 4–5 × 1–1.8 mm.
10–21;
corollas 9.5–12 mm.
6–20;
corollas 5–7 mm.
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.
16–24 in 3–5 series, mostly tan, narrowly oblong to elliptic, 1.5–6 × 0.4–0.8 mm, unequal, mostly chartaceous, midnerves evident on at least distal 1/2, slightly to strongly thickened, expanded distally, (margins narrowly membranous, sometimes ciliate distally) apices acute to rounded, abaxial faces glabrous, outer sometimes gland-dotted (sessile), frequently resinous.
in (leafy) congested, paniculiform to cymiform arrays (1–4 cm wide).
in racemiform to thyrsiform arrays (to 50 × 2–15 cm).
tan to reddish, ellipsoid, 7–8 mm, glabrous or apically hairy;
pappi off-white to brown, sometimes reddish, 9–9.5 mm.
tan to brown, subcylindric, 3.5–4 mm, moderately to densely hairy;
pappi off-white to brown, 5–8 mm.
= 18 [as Haplopappus bloomeri subsp. compactus].
= 18.
Ericameria zionis
Ericameria palmeri
Of conservation concern.
Ericameria zionis is known from southern Utah.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Leaves 8–20(–30) mm; axillary leaves 2–10 per fascicle; subapical resin ducts on at least outer and mid phyllaries strongly thickened; midnerves usually not evident on proximal 1/2 of each phyllary; florets 6–12(–14); Riverside to Ventura counties, California | var. pachylepis |
1. Leaves 20–40 mm; axillary leaves 1–2 per fascicle; subapical resin ducts on phyllaries not strongly thickened; midnerves usually evident on proximal 1/2 of each phyllary; florets 12–30; San Diego County, California | var. palmeri |
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