Biology:Ericameria laricifolia

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Ericameria laricifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Ericameria
Species:	E. laricifolia
Binomial name
Ericameria laricifolia (A.Gray) Shinners
Synonyms
Aster laricifolius (A.Gray) Kuntze 1891 not(Hook.f.) F.Muell. 1865 Aster laricifolia (A.Gray) Kuntze 1891 not(Hook.f.) F.Muell. 1865 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

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).

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.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
• Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California
• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in New Mexico in 1851, isotype of Aplopappus laricifolius/Haplopappus laricifolius/Ericameria laricifolia

Wikidata ☰ Q5387977 entry