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Linear-leaved Whitestem Goldenbush - Ericameria discoidea var. linearis
Other Names:
Haplopappus macronema var. linearis, Ericameria linearis
Native Species
Global Rank:
G4
State Rank:
S3S4
(see State Rank Reason below)
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State Rank Reason (see State Rank above)
Widespread and locally common in areas of southwest Montana.
General Description
Stems ascending to erect, 10–40 cm; twigs white-tomentose. Leaves linear, 1–4 cm long, stipitate-glandular, sometimes tomentose, twisted; axillary fascicles sometimes present. Inflorescence cymiform or racemose with 1 to several heads. Involucres obconic, 9–15 mm high; phyllaries subequal, lanceolate, glandular, inner white, outer green. Rays absent. Disk flowers 10–22; corolla 6–10 mm long. Achenes oblong, 5–6 mm long, pubescent. Sagebrush steppe, grasslands, often along roads; montane, rarely lower (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Phenology
Flowering in July and August.
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
Endemic to northwest WY and southwest MT (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
(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)
Habitat
Openings in sagebrush-grasslands in the foothills and montane zones.
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).
Stewardship Responsibility
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
Do you know of a citation we're missing?- Culver, D.R. 1994. Floristic analysis of the Centennial Region, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman. 199 pp.
- Fertig, W. 1996. Status report on Haplopappus macronema Var linearis. Unpublished report to the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Wyoming Natural Diversity Database. 76 pp.
- Hall, H.M. 1928. The genus Haplopappus, a phylogenetic study in the compositae. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 389, Washington D.C. 391 pp.
- Lesica, P. 1992. Vascular plant and sensitive plant species inventory for the Highland Mountains, Deerlodge National Forest. Unpublished report prepared for the Deerlodge National Forest. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, MT. 21 pp. plus appendices, photographs.
- 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.
- Vanderhorst, J.P. and P. Lesica. 1995a. Sensitive plant survey of the Tendoy Mountains in the Beaverhead National Forest, Beaverhead County, Montana. Unpublished report to the Bureau of Land Management, Butte District. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, MT. 59 pp. plus appendices.
- Winkler, G. and C.L. Wambolt. 1991. Range extension, description, and habitat for Haplopappus macronema SSP. Linearis (Asteraceae). Prairie Naturalist 23(2):101-106.
- Winkler, G.L. 1987. Montana Chrysothamnus. M.S. thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman 94 pp.
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