Ericameria pinifolia
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| (unranked): | Angiosperms
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| Species: | E. pinifolia
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| Ericameria pinifolia (Gray) H.M. Hall
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Ericameria pinifolia is a species of flowering shrubs in the daisy family known by the common name pinebush. This plant is native to southern California and northern Baja California.[4][5]
Ericameria pinifolia is found in scrub and chaparral from the inland Peninsular and western Transverse Ranges foothills to the Colorado Desert. It is a green, hairless shrub sometimes as much as 300 cm (10 feet) tall. It is covered in clustered needle-like leaves each 1-4 centimeters (0.4-1.6 inches) long which at first glance look like very young pine needles. The leaves are fleshier than true needles and the plant is not closely related to the pines.[6]
Atop each of the many erect branches is an inflorescence of small whitish flower heads. The plant blooms twice per year, producing single-head inflorescences in the spring and inflorescences with many smaller heads in the fall. Each head contains 3–10 ray florets and 11–25 disc florets. The fruit is an achene with a bright white, red, or tan pappus.[6]
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References[]
- ^ Tropicos, Haplopappus pinifolius A. Gray
- ^ Gray, Asa. 1873. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 8: 636 description in Latin, commentary in English, as Aplopappus pinifolius
- ^ The Plant List, Ericameria pinifolia (A.Gray) H.M.Hall
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Ericameria pinifolia (A. Gray) H.M. Hall, pine bush, pinebush
- ^ Jump up to: a b Flora of North America, Pinebush, pine goldenweed, Ericameria pinifolia (A. Gray) H. M. Hall
External links[]
- Jepson Manual Treatment — Ericameria pinifolia
- United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile: Ericameria pinifolia (pinebush)
- Ericameria pinifolia — Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California
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- Ericameria
- Flora of California
- Flora of Baja California
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Plants described in 1873
- Taxa named by Asa Gray
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