Ericameria bloomeri (Rabbitbush Heathgoldenrod)

Common Names

Common Names in English:

Bloomer Goldenbush, Bloomer's Golden-Weed, Bloomer's Goldenbush, Rabbitbush, Rabbitbush Heathgoldenrod

Description

Genus Ericameria

Shrubs (trees in Ericameria parishii var. parishii), 10500 cm. Stems usually erect to ascending , rarely prostrate , fastigiately or intricately branched (bark typically tan to reddish brown, becoming gray, twigs usually green to gray or yellowish), glabrous or sparsely to densely hairy (often tomentose ), often gland-dotted, sometimes resinous or stipitate-glandular . Leaves (mostly persistent ) cauline (often crowded, axillary leaf fascicles sometimes present) ; petiolate or sessile; blades (green to grayish; midnerves obscure to prominent , sometimes with 2 collateral veins), cuneate, elliptic , filiform , lanceolate, linear , oblanceolate , obovate , or spatulate (adaxially sulcate , concave , or flat), margins entire (sometimes undulate or crisped ; apices acute to rounded or retuse ), faces glabrous or sparsely to densely hairy (often tomentose), often stipitate -glandular , sometimes gland-dotted or resinous. Heads radiate or discoid , borne singly or in cymiform or racemiform , sometimes highly branched and paniculiform or thyrsiform, arrays. Involucres campanulate , cylindric , hemispheric , obconic, or turbinate , (419+ ×) 218 mm. Phyllaries 860 in 27 series (often in vertical ranks ), 1-nerved (midnerves obscure or evident, sometimes enlarged subapically and glandular) ovate , lanceolate, or elliptic, strongly unequal to subequal , outer often herbaceous or herbaceous-tipped, otherwise mostly chartaceous , (apices erect, spreading , or reflexed , acute or acuminate to cuspidate or obtuse ), faces sometimes stipitate-glandular, often resinous. Receptacles slightly convex , pitted , epaleate. Ray florets 0, or 118, pistillate , fertile ; corollas usually yellow (white in E. gilmanii and E. resinosa), (laminae elliptic to oblong , apices shallowly notched or toothed ). Disc florets 470, bisexual , fertile; corollas usually yellow (white in E. gilmanii and E. resinosa), tubes shorter than narrowly funnelform to campanulate throats, lobes 5, erect to spreading or reflexed, deltate to triangular; style-branch appendages lanceolate to subulate . Cypselae (tan to reddish brown) usually prismatic , sometimes cylindric, ellipsoid , obconic, or turbinate, 512-ribbed, faces glabrous or sparsely to densely hairy, sometimes gland-dotted; pappi persistent or tardily falling, of 2060 whitish or tan to reddish, subequal, fine, barbellate , apically attenuate bristles in 1 series. x = 9.

Species 36: w North America, n Mexico.

Two species, Ericameria juarezensis and E. martirensis, are known only from mountains in northern Baja California, Mexico. The plants inhabit rock outcrops and dry, stony or sandy substrates of western North America. Some taxa are widespread and codominant in scrub communities of that region; others have restricted distributions. Systematic and phylogenetic investigations have resulted in the expansion of Ericameria to include certain taxa previously assigned to Chrysothamnus as well as taxa treated in Haplopappus. Except for E. laricifolia, taxa in Texas previously included in Ericameria are but distantly related and have been excluded from the genus.Lowell E. Urbatsch, Loran C. Anderson, Roland P. Roberts, Kurt M. Neubig "Ericameria". in Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 5, 6, 50, 51, 68, 72, 85, 188. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Species 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. [source]

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. [source]

Habit: Shrub

Flowers: Bloom Period: May, June, July, August, September, October.

Habitat

Sandy or rocky soils, openings in coniferous woods , Arid Transition and Canadian zones; 1000-3000 m (Ref. 100235).

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Kingdom: Plantae () - Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Vascular Plants
  - Class: Magnoliopsida () - Dicotyledons
    - Order: Asterales ()
      - Family: Noctuoidea ()
        Subfamily: Ericoideae ()
        Tribe: Ericeae ()
        Genus: Ericameria () - Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 318. 1840. - Goldenbush [Generic name Erica and Greek meros, part or portion, alluding to resemblance of leaves]
        Specific epithet: bloomeri - (A. Gray) J. F. Macbride, Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 36. 1918.
        Botanical name: - Ericameria bloomeri (Gray) J.F. Macbr.

Unambiguous Synonyms

Ericameria bloomeri (Gray) J. F. Macbr.
Haplopappus bloomeri A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 541. 1865 (as Aplopappus)
Haplopappus bloomeri Gray
Haplopappus bloomeri subsp. sonnei (Gray) Hall
Haplopappus bloomeri var. angustatus Gray
Haplopappus bloomeri var. sonnei (Gray) Greene

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Ericameria

There are approximately 123 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

Bibliography

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Anderson, L. C. 1995b. The Chrysothamnus-Ericameria connection (Asteraceae). Great Basin Naturalist 55: 84-88.
Hall, H. M and F. E. Clements. 1923. The Phylogenetic method in taxonomy: The North American species of Artemisia, Chrysothamnus, and Atriplex. Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 326.
Nesom , G. L. and G. I. Baird. 1995. Comments on "The Chrysothamnus-Ericameria connection." Phytologia 78: 61-65.
Nesom, G. L. 1990d. Taxonomic summary of Ericameria (Asteraceae: Astereae), with the inclusion of Haplopappus sects. Macronema and Asiris. Phytologia 68: 144-155.
Nesom, G. L. and G. I. Baird. 1993. Completion of Ericameria (Asteraceae: Astereae), diminution of Chrysothamnus. Phytologia 75: 74-93.
Roberts, R. P. 2002. Phylogeny of Ericameria, Chrysothamnus and Related Genera (Asteraceae: Astereae) Based on Nuclear Ribosomal DNA Sequence Data. Ph.D. dissertation. Louisiana State University.
Roberts, R. P. and L. E. Urbatsch. 2003. Molecular phylogeny of Ericameria (Asteraceae, Astereae) based on nuclear ribosomal 3' ETS and ITS sequence data. Taxon 52: 209-228.
Urbatsch, L. E. 1978. The Chihuahuan Desert species of Ericameria (Asteraceae). Sida 7: 298-303.

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Contributors

"Ericameria bloomeri". in Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 52,55. Published by Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

Berkeley Natural History Museums: University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
Burke Museum: Vascular Plant Collection - University of Washington Herbarium (WTU)
Oregon State University: Vascular Plant Collection
USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
Utah State University: USU-UTC Specimen Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2666907
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-502355
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 289678
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:203436-1
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 502355
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDAST3L0K0
U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ERBL2
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 37697

Ericameria bloomeri

Common Names

Description

Genus Ericameria

Physical Description

Species Ericameria bloomeri

Habitat

Biology

Reproduction

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

Notes

Similar Species

Members of the genus Ericameria

Bibliography

More Info

Notes

Contributors

Data Sources

Identifiers

Footnotes