Erigeron chrysopsidis |
Erigeron cascadensis |
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dwarf yellow fleabane |
Cascade fleabane |
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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. |
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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 |
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Distribution | ||
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 |
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