Ericameria gilmanii

Gilman's goldenbush

Family: Asteraceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.3

Gilman's goldenbush is a rare California native shrub ranked 1B.3 by CNPS, found in the western Inyo Mountains and northern Death Mountains (Panamint Range) in open conifer forest, generally on limestone at elevations of 2,100 to 3,400 meters. Flowering from August to September, this aromatic shrub produces white ray flowers in radiate heads 7 to 12 millimeters wide, arranged in small cyme-like clusters. Growing 20 to 50 centimeters tall with divergent to ascending stems that are glabrous to sparsely hairy and gland-dotted, it develops a distinctive branching structure. Its leaves are oblanceolate or narrowly obovate, 6 to 12 millimeters long, often folded and gland-dotted, with a glabrous surface. The fruit is a 3 to 4 millimeter cylindric structure with 5 ribs, covered in silky hairs.

Habitat: Open conifer forest, generally on limestone

Bloom period: Aug-Sep

Elevation: 2100-3400 m

Bioregions: W&ampI, n DMtns (Panamint Range).

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