Erigeron chrysopsidis |
Erigeron coulteri |
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dwarf yellow fleabane |
Coulter's fleabane |
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Habit | Plants perennial, 3–20 cm; taprooted, usually with many woody, branching caudices. | Plants perennial, 15–55 cm; roots fibrous, rhizomatous, occasionally with branching caudices. |
Stems | erect; hirsute, eglandular to minutely glandular. |
erect, sparsely 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. |
occasionally withering by flowering, broadly oblanceolate-elliptic, 40–150 × 10–25 mm; margins entire or occasionally with poorly developed teeth; surfaces sparsely strigose or hirsute, eglandular. |
Cauline leaves | abruptly reduced to (0)1–3 linear bracts. |
lanceolate to elliptic, 10–80 × 2.5–25(30) mm, gradually reduced distally, bases clasping; margins entire or with minute teeth. |
Involucres | 4–7 × 10–16 mm. |
5–8 × 11–17 mm. |
Ray florets | 20–60; corollas with well-developed yellow rays, 4–8 × 0.5–2 mm, or tubular and short, or rays lacking. |
60–110, white; rays 8–15 × 0.5–1 mm. |
Disc florets | corollas 4–5 mm. |
corollas 3–5 mm. |
Phyllaries | in 2–3 series, sparsely to moderately hispid-villous, often minutely glandular. |
in 2–3 series; surfaces moderately to densely hirsute or villous, eglandular to minutely glandular. |
Fruits | 2–3 mm, moderately strigose; inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles. |
1.5–2 mm, sparsely strigose; inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles. |
Heads | 1, radiate or disciform. |
1(3), radiate. |
2n | =18. |
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Erigeron chrysopsidis |
Erigeron coulteri |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Western United States. 3 varieties. |
Moist coniferous forests, wet meadows. Flowering Jun–Aug. 1100–2000 m. BW. CA, ID, NV; northeast to MT, east to WY, southeast to NM. 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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