Erigeron chrysopsidis |
Erigeron bloomeri |
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dwarf yellow fleabane |
Bloomer's fleabane |
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Habit | Plants perennial, 3–20 cm; taprooted, usually with many woody, branching caudices. | Plants perennial, 3–22 cm; taprooted with branching caudices. |
Stems | erect; hirsute, eglandular to minutely glandular. |
erect, glabrous to densely strigose, eglandular. |
Basal leaves | persistent in dense clusters, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 10–80 × 1–3 mm; margins entire with hispid hairs; surfaces hirsute to hispid, sometimes nearing strigose. |
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 | abruptly reduced to (0)1–3 linear bracts. |
linear, 1–5 × 0.5–2 mm, abruptly reduced. |
Involucres | 4–7 × 10–16 mm. |
5–8 × 6–16 mm. |
Ray florets | 20–60; corollas with well-developed yellow rays, 4–8 × 0.5–2 mm, or tubular and short, or rays lacking. |
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Disc florets | corollas 4–5 mm. |
corollas 4–6 mm; pale to bright yellow; lobes often purple-tipped. |
Phyllaries | in 2–3 series, sparsely to moderately hispid-villous, often minutely glandular. |
in 2–3 series, with dark medial area; surfaces glabrous to densely woolly-villous, minutely glandular to eglandular. |
Fruits | 2–3 mm, moderately 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, radiate or disciform. |
1, discoid. |
Erigeron chrysopsidis |
Erigeron bloomeri |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Western United States. 3 varieties. |
Western United States. 2 varieties. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 254 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 253 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
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