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dwarf yellow fleabane

Cascade fleabane

Habit Plants perennial, 3–20 cm; taprooted, usually with many woody, branching caudices. Plants perennial, 5–20 cm; taprooted with with woody, branching caudices.
Stems

erect; hirsute, eglandular to minutely glandular.

ascending to erect, mostly glabrous to sparsely hirsute, sparsely minutely glandular.

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 in distinct rosettes, obovate to spatulate, 10–90 × 5–15 mm;

margins entire or occasionally weakly dentate on distal portions;

surfaces glabrous to remotely strigose, occasionally remotely glandular.

Cauline leaves

abruptly reduced to (0)1–3 linear bracts.

elliptic to oblanceolate, 7–25 × 2–6 mm, reduced distally.

Inflorescences

1–3 heads; terminal and axillary.

Involucres

4–7 × 10–16 mm.

3–8 × 9–15 mm.

Ray florets

20–60;

corollas with well-developed yellow rays, 4–8 × 0.5–2 mm, or tubular and short, or rays lacking.

30–50, white to occasionally purplish;

rays 4–7 × 1–2 mm.

Disc florets

corollas 4–5 mm.

corollas 3–4 mm.

Phyllaries

in 2–3 series, sparsely to moderately hispid-villous, often minutely glandular.

in 2–3 series, often with purple medial or apical area;

surfaces nearly glabrous or sparsely to moderately villous, eglandular or glandular.

Fruits

2–3 mm, moderately strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

2–3 mm, sparsely strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

Heads

1, radiate or disciform.

radiate.

Erigeron chrysopsidis

Erigeron cascadensis

Distribution
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Discussion

Western United States. 3 varieties.

Shaded rocky slopes, cliffs, crevices, outcrops. Flowering May–Aug. 1200–2200 m. Casc. Native. Endemic to Oregon.

This species is endemic to rocky areas in the Cascades from Douglas and Klamath counties only as far north as Marion County.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 254
James Riser, Stephen Meyers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 253
James Riser, Stephen Meyers
Sibling taxa
E. acris, E. aliceae, E. annuus, E. aphanactis, E. aureus, E. bloomeri, E. cascadensis, E. cervinus, 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. 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
Subordinate taxa
E. chrysopsidis var. austiniae, E. chrysopsidis var. brevifolius, E. chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis
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