Flora of North America species comparison

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Ericameria zionis

Ericameria resinosa

subalpine goldenbush, subalpine or Cedar Breaks goldenbush

Columbia goldenweed, Columbian goldenbush, Columbian heath goldenweed
Habit Plants 10–30 cm. Plants 30–50 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, fastigiately branched, glabrous or sparsely hairy, resinous.
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 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

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

1–10 mm (bracts 0–15+).
Involucres

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

obconic, 5.5–8 × 3–5 mm.
Ray florets

0.

3–7;

laminae (white) 5.5–7 × 1.5–2 mm.
Disc florets

10–21;

corollas 9.5–12 mm.

10–15;

corollas (white) 6–8 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.

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

in loose, cymiform arrays (1–4 cm wide).
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 brown, narrowly turbinate, 4.5–5 mm, moderately to densely sericeous;

pappi off-white to brown, 5.8–7.2 mm.
2n

= 18 [as Haplopappus bloomeri subsp. compactus].

= 18.

Ericameria zionis

Ericameria resinosa
Phenology Flowering summer–fall. Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Gravelly to sandy clay soils with manzanita, spruce, fir, and pine Rocky plains, steep hillsides, and cliff faces, often on basalt
Elevation 2400–3100 m (7900–10200 ft) 100–1000 m (300–3300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
UT
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
ID; OR; WA
[WildflowerSearch map]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Ericameria zionis is known from southern Utah.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 77. 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. pinifolia, E. resinosa, E. suffruticosa, E. teretifolia, E. watsonii, E. winwardii
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. suffruticosa, E. teretifolia, E. watsonii, E. winwardii, E. zionis
Synonyms Haplopappus zionis Haplopappus resinosus
Name authority (L. C. Anderson) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 68: 153. (1990) Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 319. (1840)
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