Ericameria palmeri var. pachylepis

(H. M. Hall) G. L. Nesom

Phytologia 67: 104. 1989.

Common names: Thickbracted goldenbush
Endemic
Basionym: Haplopappus palmeri subsp. pachylepis H. M. Hall Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 389: 267, fig. 96. 1928
Synonyms: Ericameria ericoides var. pachylepis (H. M. Hall) Hoover H. palmeri var. pachylepis (H. M. Hall) Munz
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 70.

Plants 50–150 cm. Leaves 8–20 (–30) mm, circular to flattened in cross-section; axillary leaves 2–10 per fascicle. Phyllaries: midnerves typically not evident on proximal 1/2, outer and mid subapical resin ducts strongly thickened. Florets 6–12 (–14). 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering fall.
Habitat: Sandy or somewhat clayey soils
Elevation: 100–800 m

Discussion

Variety pachylepis ranges from Riverside to Ventura counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"fine" is not a number.

not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
acute;rounded +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
racemiform +  and thyrsiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Lowell E. Urbatsch +, Loran C. Anderson +, Roland P. Roberts +  and Kurt M. Neubig +
(H. M. Hall) G. L. Nesom +
decurrent +
Haplopappus palmeri subsp. pachylepis +
compound +  and simple +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
linear;narrowly oblanceolate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
tan +  and reddish +
subequal +
Thickbracted goldenbush +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
tan +  and brown +
subcylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
100–800 m +
resinous +
gland-dotted +
hairy +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sandy or somewhat clayey soils +
thyrsiform +, paniculiform +, branched +, racemiform +, cymiform +, discoid +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
turbinate;subcampanulate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
1mm;1.8mm +
sessile +  and petiolate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
ascending +  and spreading +
1 (?) +  and 10 (?) +
circular;flattened +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +  and 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
erect;spreading or reflexed +
deltate +  and triangular +
2-carpellate +
off-white +  and brown +
persistent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Flowering fall. +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
narrowly oblong +  and elliptic +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
resin-filled +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
resinous +
gland-dotted +
stipitate-glandular +, glabrous or +  and sparsely densely hairy +
lanceolate +  and subulate +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Ericameria ericoides var. pachylepis +  and H. palmeri var. pachylepis +
Ericameria palmeri var. pachylepis +
Ericameria palmeri +
variety +
campanulate +
reddish-brown +  and gray +
hairy +  and glabrous +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +