Erigeron klamathensis(synonym of Erigeron breweri) |
Erigeron bloomeri |
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Klamath fleabane |
Bloomer's fleabane |
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Habit | Plants perennial, 5–25 cm; taprooted, caudices branching. | Plants perennial, 3–22 cm; taprooted with branching caudices. |
Stems | erect to decumbent-ascending; hirsute, eglandular; hairs usually spreading and slightly reflexed. |
erect, glabrous to densely strigose, eglandular. |
Basal leaves | withering by flowering. |
persistent, linear to very narrowly oblanceolate, 10–80 × 0.7–3 mm, bases white-indurate, often tinged with purple; margins entire; surfaces glabrous to densely strigose, eglandular. |
Cauline leaves | oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, 10–30 × 1–4 mm, slightly reduced distally or not; margins entire; surfaces moderately to densely hirsute, eglandular. |
linear, 1–5 × 0.5–2 mm, abruptly reduced. |
Involucres | 4–6 × 8–14 mm. |
5–8 × 6–16 mm. |
Ray florets | 20–40, lavender to purple; rays 4–6 × 0.7–2 mm. |
0. |
Disc florets | corollas 3.5–5 mm. |
corollas 4–6 mm; pale to bright yellow; lobes often purple-tipped. |
Phyllaries | in 2–3 unequal series; surfaces glabrous to very sparsely hirsute, densely minutely glandular. |
in 2–3 series, with dark medial area; surfaces glabrous to densely woolly-villous, minutely glandular to eglandular. |
Fruits | 2–3 mm, sparsely to densely strigose; inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles. |
3–5 mm, glabrous with few sericeous hairs at distal ends below inner pappi; inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles. |
Heads | 1–4 in loose corymb-like arrays, radiate. |
1, discoid. |
Erigeron klamathensis |
Erigeron bloomeri |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Rocky areas, ridges, crevices. Flowering Jun–Sep. 500–1500 m. Sisk. CA. Native. |
Western United States. 2 varieties. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 258 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 253 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
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Synonyms | Erigeron breweri, Erigeron breweri var. klamathensis | |
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