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dwarf yellow fleabane

Coulter's fleabane

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.

Erigeron chrysopsidis

Erigeron coulteri

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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
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. corymbosus, 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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