Thickbracted goldenbush

Haplopappus palmeri A. Gray subsp. pachylepis H. M. Hall, Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 389: 267, fig. 96. 1928; Ericameria ericoides (Lessing) Jepson var. pachylepis (H. M. Hall) Hoover; H. palmeri A. Gray var. pachylepis (H. M. Hall) Munz

Plants 50–150 cm. Leaves 8–20(–30) mm, circular to flattened in cross section; axillary leaves 2–10 per fascicle. Phyllaries: midnerves typically not evident on proximal ¹ / 2 , outer and mid subapical resin ducts strongly thickened. Florets 6–12(–14). 2n = 18.

Flowering fall. Sandy or somewhat clayey soils; 100–800 m; Calif.

Variety pachylepis ranges from Riverside to Ventura counties.