Log In New Account Sitemap
  • Home
  • Specimen Search
    • Search Collections
    • Map Search
    • Exsiccati Search
  • Images
    • Image Browser
    • Search Images
  • Flora Projects
    • Arizona
    • New Mexico
    • Colorado Plateau
    • Plant Atlas of Arizona (PAPAZ)
    • Sonoran Desert
    • Teaching Checklists
  • Agency Floras
    • NPS - Intermountain
    • USFWS - Region 2
    • BLM Flora
    • Coronado NF
    • Tonto NF
  • Dynamic Floras
    • Dynamic Checklist
    • Dynamic Key
  • Additional Websites
    • New Mexico Flores
    • Plant Atlas Project of Arizona (PAPAZ)
    • Southwest Colorado Wildflowers
    • Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
    • Consortium of Midwest Herbaria
    • Consortium of Southern Rocky Mountain Herbaria
    • Intermountain Region Herbaria Network (IRHN)
    • Mid-Atlantic Herbaria
    • North American Network of Small Herbaria (NANSH)
    • Northern Great Plains Herbaria
    • Red de Herbarios del Noroeste de México (northern Mexico)
    • SERNEC - Southeastern USA
    • Texas Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria (TORCH)
  • Resources
    • Symbiota Docs
    • Video Tutorials
    • Collections in SEINet
    • Joining a Portal
Ericameria brachylepis (A. Gray) Hall  
Family: Asteraceae
chaparral goldenbush, more...Chaparral Heath-Goldenrod
[Bigelovia brachylepis A. Gray, moreHaplopappus propinquus Blake]
Ericameria brachylepis image
  • FNA
  • SW Field Guide
  • Resources
Lowell E. Urbatsch, Loran C. Anderson, Roland P. Roberts, Kurt M. Neubig in Flora of North America (vol. 20)
Plants 10-200 cm. Stems erect to spreading, green when young, fastigiately branched, glabrous, gland-dotted (in pits), resinous . Leaves ascending to spreading; blades linear to narrowly elliptic (usually terete to sulcate adaxially), 10-25 × 0.8-1.5 mm, midnerves obscure to evident, apices usually acute, rarely rounded, sometimes mucronate, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy, gland-dotted (in circular, deep pits), resinous; axillary fascicles of 2-10 leaves, shorter than subtending leaves. Heads in racemiform to paniculiform arrays (1-15 × ca. 8 cm). Peduncles 3-20 mm (leafy or bracteate). Involucres turbinate, 4-6 × 2-5 mm. Phyllaries 15-22 in 3-4 series, tan, ovate to elliptic, 2.5-7 × 0.6-1.5 mm, unequal, outer ± herbaceous, mid and inner mostly chartaceous, midnerves darker, strongly raised, uniform in widths, resinous, (margins membranous, ciliate especially distally) apices erect, acute, abaxial faces glabrous . Ray florets usually 0, rarely 1-2; laminae elliptic, 4-6 × 1-1.5 mm. Disc florets 6-16(-22); corollas 5-6.5 mm. Cypselae tan to purple, 3.5-4 mm (7-8 ribbed), densely hairy; pappi off-white to brown, sometimes reddish, 5-6.5 mm. 2n = 36. Flowering late summer-fall. Open rocky slopes, chaparral and desert scrub; 400-1500 m; Ariz., Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).
FNA 2006, Benson and Darrow 1980
Common Name: chaparral goldenbush Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Shrub General: Shrub 1-2 m tall, with erect to spreading stems that are upright and broom-like, the leaves and twigs gland dotted and resinous. Leaves: Ascending to spreading, blades filiform to linear or narrowly elliptic, 1-2.5 cm long by 1-1.5 mm wide, shorter ones often in fascicles, the apices usually acute, sometimes mucronate. Flowers: Heads in paniculate arrays 1-5 cm tall by 8 cm across, on peduncles 3-20 cm long, heads 5-8 mm high, no ray flowers with 15-22 phyllaries in 3-4 series, ovate to elliptic and unequal, resinous, with 6-16 disc flowers, these with corollas 5-6.5 mm long. Fruits: Cypselae tan to purple, 3.5-4 mm long and dense hairs, the pappi off-white to brown. Ecology: Found on alluvial plains and slopes from 1,000-5,000 (457-1524 m), flowers August-October. Distribution: Ranges across Arizona to California and south into Baja California. Notes: Distinguished by the absence of ray flowers along with the presence of filiform to linear leaves. Ethnobotany: Used as a wash for wounds and as a remedy for chills. Etymology: Eric- is ancient root for heath or broom, amari means bitter, while brachylepis means with short scales. Synonyms: Happlopappus propinquus, Happlopappus brachylepis, Bigelowia brachylepis Editor: SBuckley 2012
Ericameria brachylepis
Open Interactive Map
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Ericameria brachylepis image
Click to Display
100 Initial Images
- - - - -
View All Images
The National Science Foundation
Development supported by National Science Foundation Grants (DBI 9983132, BRC 0237418, DBI 0743827, DBI 0847966)
Powered by Symbiota