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Whitestem Goldenbush - Ericameria discoidea
Other Names:
Haplopappus macronema
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General Description
Stems prostrate to ascending, 10–40 cm; twigs white-tomentose; bark brown. Leaves oblanceolate to oblong, 1–3 cm long, glandular, sparsely tomentose, axillary fascicles absent. Inflorescence with 1or few heads. Involucres obconic, 9–14 mm high; phyllaries subequal, lanceolate, glandular, whitish. Rays absent. Disk flowers 10 to 26; corolla 9–11 mm long. Achenes oblong, 5–6 mm long, villous (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX ).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
Beaverhead County. OR to MT south to CA, NV, UT and CO (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX ).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 7
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Recency
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Habitat
Ecology
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus bifarius ,
Bombus centralis ,
Bombus huntii , and
Bombus melanopygus (Williams et al. 2014).
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