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Leaves oblong-spatula-shaped, toothed, not lobed nor divided; ray flowers none 



11. A. NulialU. 



Leaves deeply divided into several linear lobes; petal-like ray flowers showy 



12. A. spinulosus var. Cooddingi. 



1. Fleece Goldenweed (Aplopappus arborescens (Gray) Hall). — 

 Dense round-topped shrubs, 1 to 7 (or 10) feet high, the main stems some- 

 times trunk-like; branchlets numerous and densely clustered; young stems and 

 foliage somewhat resinous-spotted with fine punctate dots; leaves thickish, 

 narrowly linear, the margins often rolled under so as to make them appear 

 filiform, i/^ to 2i/2 inches long, becoming smaller near the ends of the stems; 

 flower heads about I/4 inch high, borne in dense rounded or more or less 

 flat-topped clusters; involucral bracts lance-shaped, pointed, straw-coiored, 

 papery, borne in 3 or 4 series and overlapping; petal-like ray flowers lacking; 

 achenes densely appressed hairy; pappus bristles dull white. This shrub 

 occurs in the foothills in the southern Sierra Nevada parks of California, com- 

 monly in association with digger pine. 



Occurrence. — YOSEMITE : El Portal, 2,000 feet; Big Oak Flat road. SEQUOIA, from 

 lower elevations up to 4,500 feet: Colony Mill road; East Fork Kaweah River near 

 Oak Grove (just west of park boundary). 



2. Wedgeleaf Goldenweed (Aplopappus cuneatus Gray). — Compact, 



flat-topped shrub, 1/3 to 3 feet high; bark green, changing to brown and 



becoming irregularly broken in old stems; leaves cuneate (wedge-shaped), about 



i^ to y2 inch long, resinous, marked with numerous small punctate dots, 



crowded on the steins; flower heads about 1/3 to 1/2 inch high, borne in groups 



of several in small flat-topped clusters at the ends of the branchlets; involucres 



top shaped, composed of numerous linear to oblong bracts overlapping in 



about 5 series; bracts papery, the inner with white membranous margins, 



sometimes resinous; petal-like ray flowers 1 to 3 or usually lacking; achenes 



somewhat 4-angled, silky-hairy; pappus bristles brownish. (Syn. Ericameria 



aineata (Gray) McCl.). 



Occurrence. — YOSEMITE, 3,600 to 7,000 feet: Hetch Hetchy; Yosemite Valley, near 

 museum; Wawona Point, Mariposa Grove. SEQUOIA: Mount Whitney. 



3. Desert Goldenweed (Aplopappus I'meartjolius D. C. var. interior 

 (Gov.) Jones). — Rigidly-branched shrub, 1 to 1^/^ feet high; bark greenish 

 to grayish, becoming stringy on older stems; foliage covered with numerous 

 small resin dots, more or less glutinous; leaves linear, y^ to 1 inch long, 

 crowded on the branchlets; flower heads about ^4 to % inch high, with 10 

 to 18 petal-like ray flowers about ^2 to % inch long; involucre surrounding 

 the head about 1/3 inch high, composed of several series of papery bracts, the 

 bracts lance-shaped to linear, pointed at the tips; achenes nearly linear, nar- 

 rowed towards the base, densely covered with silvery hairs; pappus composed 

 of fine soft white bristles. 



Occurrence. — ZION : Coalpits Wash. 



4. Stemless Goldenweed (Aplopappus acaulis (Nutt.) Gray var. 

 glabratus D. C. Eaton) . — Low compact plant about 6 inches high, the stems 



