Ericameria pinifolia

Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ericameria
Species:
E. pinifolia
Binomial name
Ericameria pinifolia
(Gray) H.M. Hall
Synonyms[2]
  • Aster pityphyllus Kuntze
  • Chrysoma pinifolia (A.Gray) Greene
  • Haplopappus pinifolius A.Gray
  • Aplopappus pinifolius A.Gray[3][4]

Ericameria pinifolia is a species of flowering shrubs in the family Asteraceae known by the common name pinebush. This plant is native to southern California and northern Baja California.[5][6]

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.[7]

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.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. ↑ The Plant List, Ericameria pinifolia (A.Gray) H.M.Hall
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Haplopappus pinifolius A. Gray
  4. ↑ Gray, Asa. 1873. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 8: 636 description in Latin, commentary in English, as Aplopappus pinifolius
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. ↑ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Ericameria pinifolia (A. Gray) H.M. Hall, pine bush, pinebush
  7. 1 2 Flora of North America, Pinebush, pine goldenweed, Ericameria pinifolia (A. Gray) H. M. Hall

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