Ericameria laricifolia

Ericameria laricifolia is a North American species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae 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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ericameria
Species:
E. laricifolia
Binomial name
Ericameria laricifolia
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 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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