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Siskiyou daisy, Siskiyou fleabane

Snake River daisy, white cushion fleabane

Habit Plants perennial, 10–45 cm; fibrous-rooted, rhizomatous, occasionally with branching caudices. Plants perennial, 8–22 cm; taprooted, with branching caudices.
Stems

erect or ascending, glabrous and mostly eglandular.

erect, sparsely to moderately hirsute to strigose, eglandular.

Basal leaves

persistent, oblanceolate to obovate, 10–100 × 5–15 mm;

margins entire;

surfaces glabrous, eglandular.

persistent, narrowly spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate-elliptic, 30–80 × 3–5 mm;

margins entire, with 1 prominent vein;

surfaces moderately to densely strigose, eglandular.

Cauline leaves

oblanceolate to elliptic, 10–50 × 2–10 mm, gradually reduced distally.

few, linear, 10–40 × 1–3 mm, reduced distally.

Involucres

4–6 × 10–13 mm.

3.5–8 × 12–18 mm.

Ray florets

20–40;

corollas white to purple;

rays 3–7 × 0.5–1.5 mm.

25–50, white or cream, occasionally fading to pink;

rays 4–8 × 1–3 mm.

Disc florets

corollas 3–5 mm.

corollas 3–4 mm.

Phyllaries

in 2–3 series, usually with dark medial area;

surfaces glabrous, densely glandular.

in 2–3 series, usually with dark green medial area with or without orange stripe;

surfaces moderately to densely hirsute or strigose, moderately to densely glandular.

Fruits

1.5–2 mm, moderately strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

1.5–3 mm, sparsely to moderately strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

Heads

1–4 in loose corymb-like arrays, radiate.

usually 1, radiate.

Erigeron cervinus

Erigeron disparipilus

Distribution
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Discussion

Streamsides, river bars, wet rocky banks, moist seeps. Flowering May–Aug. 0–1700 m. Sisk. CA. Native.

Open rocky areas, ridges. Flowering Jun–Jul. 1100–1800 m. BW. ID, WA. Native.

Some floras recognize plants with stem hairs in the same orientation (versus mixed) as E. davisii. The ranges and habitat of these taxa are, however, sympatric. Until further evidence shows otherwise, there is no compelling reason to recognize E. davisii as distinct from E. disparipilus.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 253
James Riser, Stephen Meyers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 255
James Riser, Stephen Meyers
Sibling taxa
E. acris, E. aliceae, E. annuus, E. aphanactis, E. aureus, E. bloomeri, E. cascadensis, E. chrysopsidis, E. compositus, E. corymbosus, E. coulteri, E. decumbens, E. disparipilus, E. divergens, E. eatonii, E. elegantulus, E. filifolius, E. foliosus, E. glacialis, E. glaucus, E. howellii, E. inornatus, E. karvinskianus, E. klamathensis, E. latus, E. linearis, E. lonchophyllus, E. nivalis, E. oreganus, E. peregrinus, E. petrophilus, E. philadelphicus, E. poliospermus, E. pumilus, E. simplex, E. speciosus, E. stanselliae, E. strigosus, E. tener, E. vagus
E. acris, E. aliceae, E. annuus, E. aphanactis, E. aureus, E. bloomeri, E. cascadensis, E. cervinus, E. chrysopsidis, E. compositus, E. corymbosus, E. coulteri, E. decumbens, E. disparipilus, E. divergens, E. eatonii, E. elegantulus, E. filifolius, E. foliosus, E. glacialis, E. glaucus, E. howellii, E. inornatus, E. karvinskianus, E. klamathensis, E. latus, E. linearis, E. lonchophyllus, E. nivalis, E. oreganus, E. peregrinus, E. petrophilus, E. philadelphicus, E. poliospermus, E. pumilus, E. simplex, E. speciosus, E. stanselliae, E. strigosus, E. tener, E. vagus
Synonyms Erigeron delicatus Erigeron davisii, Erigeron engelmannii, Erigeron engelmannii ssp. davisii, Erigeron engelmannii var. davisii
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