Ericameria parishii explained

Ericameria parishii, or Parish's rabbitbrush, is a western North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Distribution

The plant is native to southern Southern California in the United States and to the State of Baja California in Mexico.^{[1] [2]} It is found in the San Gabriel Mountains, Verdugo Mountains, eastern Santa Monica Mountains, and San Bernardino Mountains of the Transverse Ranges; and in the Peninsular Ranges.^[3]

Description

Ericameria parishii is a shrub or small tree up to tall. It has lance-shaped leaves up to 2 inches (5 cm) long.

One plant can produce many small flower heads, each with up to 12 golden yellow disc florets but no ray florets.^{[4] [5]}

Varieties

Varieties include:^{[6] [2] [7]}

• Ericameria parishii var. parishii - northern Baja California; California in the mountains from San Diego County north to eastern Ventura County and southwestern San Bernardino County
• Ericameria parishii var. peninsularis (Moran) G.L.Nesom — Peninsular Ranges of northern Baja California state.

External links

• Calflora Database: Ericameria parishii (Parish's rabbitbrush)
• Jepson eFlora treatment of Ericameria parishii var. parishii
• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in California in 1881, isotype of Bigelovia parishii/Ericameria parishii
• UC Photos gallery: Ericameria parishii
• UC Photos gallery: Ericameria parishii var. parishii

Notes and References

1. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Ericameria%20parishii.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
2. http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=9915 Calflora taxon report, University of California, Ericameria parishii (Greene) H.M. Hall
3. http://www.calflora.org/entry/dgrid.html?crn=9915 Calflora: Distribution map
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/648342#page/367/mode/1up Greene, Edward Lee 1882. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 9(5): 62–63
5. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/728256#page/1614/mode/1up Blake, Sydney Fay. 1926. in Paul Carpenter Standley, Trees and Shrubs of Mexico, Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23(5): 1491
6. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-109516 The Plant List, Ericameria parishii (Greene) H.M.Hall
7. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066532 Flora of North America, Ericameria parishii (Greene) H. M. Hall