Erigeron chrysopsidis |
Erigeron corymbosus |
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dwarf yellow fleabane |
foothill daisy, longleaf fleabane |
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Habit | Plants perennial, 3–20 cm; taprooted, usually with many woody, branching caudices. | Plants perennial, 15–40 cm; taprooted, often with slender, branching caudices. |
Stems | erect; hirsute, eglandular to minutely glandular. |
erect or ascending, moderately hirsute to villous, 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. |
usually persistent, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 50–200 × 2–10 mm; margins entire, 1–3 prominent veins; tips usually acute; surfaces moderately to densely strigose, eglandular. |
Cauline leaves | abruptly reduced to (0)1–3 linear bracts. |
linear, 15–60 × 1–5 mm, gradually reduced distally. |
Involucres | 4–7 × 10–16 mm. |
4–7 × 8–14 mm. |
Ray florets | 20–60; corollas with well-developed yellow rays, 4–8 × 0.5–2 mm, or tubular and short, or rays lacking. |
30–60, white to purple; rays 2.5–14 × 1–1.5 mm. |
Disc florets | corollas 4–5 mm. |
corollas 4–5 mm. |
Phyllaries | in 2–3 series, sparsely to moderately hispid-villous, often minutely glandular. |
in 2–3 series, usually with dark medial area; surfaces moderately to densely hirsute to villous, occasionally 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. |
1–5(10) in corymb-like arrays, radiate. |
2n | =18. |
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Erigeron chrysopsidis |
Erigeron corymbosus |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Western United States. 3 varieties. |
Dry open hillsides, sagebrush, pine forests. Flowering Jun–Aug. 200–2500 m. BR, BW, Casc, ECas, Lava, Owy. ID, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to MT, east to WY, southeast to UT. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 254 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 255 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
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