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dwarf yellow fleabane

foothill daisy, longleaf fleabane

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.

Erigeron chrysopsidis

Erigeron corymbosus

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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
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. cascadensis, E. cervinus, E. chrysopsidis, E. compositus, 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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