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Whitestem Goldenbush - Ericameria discoidea
Other Names:  Haplopappus macronema

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Native Species

Global Rank: G4G5
State Rank: S3S4
C-value: 9


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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
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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).

Habitat
Stony soil of open forest, talus slopes; upper subalpine (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

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).

References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
    • Williams, P., R. Thorp, L. Richardson, and S. Colla. 2014. Bumble Bees of North America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 208 p.
  • Additional ReferencesLegend:   View Online Publication
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    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
    • Winkler, G. and C.L. Wambolt. 1991. Range extension, description, and habitat for Haplopappus macronema SSP. Linearis (Asteraceae). Prairie Naturalist 23(2):101-106.
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