Ericameria bloomeri

Plants 20–90 cm. Stems green to reddish-brown when young, branched, glabrous or sparsely hairy (sometimes tomentulose), often gland-dotted (sessile). Leaves ascending to spreading; blades filiform to narrowly oblong (adaxially flat to sulcate), 20–70 × 0.5–4 mm, midnerves evident abaxially, apices acute, sometimes mucronate, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy, often gland-dotted (sessile) and appearing pustular; axillary leaf fascicles sometimes present. Heads in (leafy) racemiform to narrowly paniculiform arrays (2–15 cm). Peduncles 3–15 mm (bracts usually 0). Involucres narrowly campanulate, 8–11 × 7–12 mm. Phyllaries 17–36 in 3–6 series, green to tan, ovate to linear-lanceolate, 3.5–11 × 0.8–2 mm, subequal, herbaceous or herbaceous-tipped, mid and inner chartaceous, midnerves evident at least on distal 1/2, (margins ciliate) apices acute to acuminate or cuspidate, abaxial faces glabrous or hairy, sometimes gland-dotted, resinous. Ray-florets 0–5; laminae elliptic, 8–12 × 1.5–3 mm. Disc-florets 4–14; corollas 7–11 mm. Cypselae tan to reddish-brown, narrowly elliptic, 6–10 mm, glabrous or apically villous; pappi tan to reddish-brown, 6–9 mm. 2n = 18.

Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Sandy or rocky soils, openings in coniferous woods, Arid Transition and Canadian zones
Elevation: 1000–3000 m

B.C., Calif., Idaho, Nev., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Ericameria bloomeri is apparently extirpated in British Columbia. It is widespread, relatively common, and variable. The significance of infraspecific taxa named by H. M. Hall (1928) is largely unexplored.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa