Ericameria laricifolia

Ericameria laricifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Ericameria
Species: E. laricifolia
Binomial name
Ericameria laricifolia
(A.Gray) Shinners
Synonyms[1]
  • Aster laricifolius (A.Gray) Kuntze 1891 not(Hook.f.) F.Muell. 1865
  • Aster laricifolia (A.Gray) Kuntze 1891 not(Hook.f.) F.Muell. 1865[2]
  • Bigelowia nelsonii Fernald
  • Chrysocoma laricifolia (A.Gray) Greene
  • Chrysoma laricifolia (A.Gray) Greene
  • Ericameria nelsonii (Fernald) S.F.Blake
  • Haplopappus laricifolius A.Gray
  • Aplopappus laricifolius A.Gray[3][4]

Ericameria laricifolia is a North American species of flowering shrub in the daisy family known by the common name turpentine bush, or turpentine-brush. It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, southwestern Utah, southern Nevada, southeastern California) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua).[5][6]

Ericameria laricifolia grows in desert scrub and woodlands. It is a shrub reaching 50-100 cm (20-40 inches) in height, is generally hairless, somewhat glandular, and aromatic. It sometimes has naked stems at the base but the upper branches are densely foliated in needlelike, pointed leaves one to three centimeters (0.4-1.2 inches) long. The many erect branches bear inflorescences of bright golden yellow flower heads, each with up to 16 long disc florets and as many as 6 ray florets.[7]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Ericameria laricifolia (A.Gray) Shinners
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Aster laricifolius (A. Gray) Kuntze
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Haplopappus laricifolius A. Gray
  4. ↑ Gray, Asa 1853. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 5(6): 80–81 as Aplopappus laricifolius
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. ↑ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Ericameria laricifolia (A. Gray) Shinn., turpentine brush, turpentine bush
  7. ↑ Flora of North America, Turpentine bush, Ericameria laricifolia (A. Gray) Shinners, Field & Lab. 18: 27. 1950.

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