Euthamia occidentalis |
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western goldenrod, western goldentop |
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Habit | Perennials or subshrubs, 40–200 cm. |
Stems | (erect, stout) glabrous, glaucous. |
Leaves | spreading-ascending to erect; blades 3- or -5-nerved, linear, 82–100 × 4.3–10 mm, lengths 10–27 times widths, gradually to abruptly reduced distally, herbaceous to firm-herbaceous, margins scabrous, apices abruptly acute to acuminate, faces ± gland-dotted (18–56 dots per mm²), adaxial and vein axils often sparsely hairy. |
Involucres | campanulate, 3.7–4.9 mm. |
Ray florets | (15–)17–22(–28). |
Disc florets | (7–)9–11(–18); corollas 3.1–4.2 mm. |
Phyllaries | stramineous, sometimes green-tipped, outer narrowly lanceolate, inner linear (firm), apices acute to acuminate. |
Heads | mostly pedunculate, in relatively narrow, elongate arrays 33–60% of plant heights (often interrupted and with multiple levels). |
2n | = 18. |
Euthamia occidentalis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Nov. |
Habitat | Moist to wet soils of streambeds, lake shores, and fresh to saline marshes |
Elevation | 0–1600 m (0–5200 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NE; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; BC; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 100. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Euthamia |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | E. californica, E. linearifolia, Solidago occidentalis |
Name authority | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 326. (1840) |
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