Ericameria nauseosa var. graveolens (Nutt.) Reveal & Schuyler

Variety

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Characteristics

Plants 50–160 cm. Stems yellowish green to nearly white, leafy, compactly, smoothly tomentose. Leaves greenish; blades 3-nerved, broadly linear, 30–90 × 1–3 mm, faces often tomentulose. Involucres 6–8 mm. Phyllaries 14–18, apices erect, acute, abaxial faces usually glabrous, outer sometimes sparsely hairy. Corollas 7–9+ mm, tubes puberulent or glabrous, lobes 0.6–1.5, glabrous; style appendages longer than stigmatic portions. Cypselae densely hairy; pappi 4.9–6.5 mm. 2n = 18.
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A large shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Dry situations in semi-deserts. Sterile, especially alkaline soils.
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It is a temperate plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The flowers are brewed into a tea.
Uses dye tea
Edible flowers
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
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Distribution

Ericameria nauseosa var. graveolens world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1090556-2
WFO ID wfo-0000103174
COL ID 5NS8R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Linosyris graveolens Bigelowia graveolens Chrysothamnus graveolens Chrysocoma graveolens Aster graveolens Chrysothamnus graveolens Bigelowia graveolens var. graveolens Chrysothamnus nauseosus subsp. graveolens Chondrophora nauseosa var. nauseosa Chrysothamnus graveolens var. graveolens Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. graveolens Ericameria nauseosa var. graveolens Chrysothamnus nauseosus subsp. graveolens Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. petrophilus