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dwarf yellow fleabane

diffuse daisy, spreading fleabane

Habit Plants perennial, 3–20 cm; taprooted, usually with many woody, branching caudices. Plants annual or short-lived perennial, 12–50+ cm; taprooted, with short, branching caudices.
Stems

erect; hirsute, eglandular to minutely glandular.

erect, ascending to decumbent, densely pilose to sparsely hirsute, minutely glandular at least distally.

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 or withering by flowering, spatulate, 20–80 × 5–10 mm;

margins entire or with 1–2 coarse teeth;

surfaces moderately to densely strigose, usually eglandular.

Cauline leaves

abruptly reduced to (0)1–3 linear bracts.

numerous and well developed, elliptic, obovate, or linear, 5–30 × 1–4 mm, usually slightly reduced distally;

surfaces densely strigose to villous.

Involucres

4–7 × 10–16 mm.

2–4 × 6–10 mm.

Ray florets

20–60;

corollas with well-developed yellow rays, 4–8 × 0.5–2 mm, or tubular and short, or rays lacking.

75–150, light purple to lavender;

rays 2–5 × 0.25–0.6 mm.

Disc florets

corollas 4–5 mm.

corollas 2–3 mm.

Phyllaries

in 2–3 series, sparsely to moderately hispid-villous, often minutely glandular.

in 2–3 series, usually with dark green or brown medial area and lighter colored stripe;

surfaces moderately to densely hirsute or strigose, moderately to densely glandular.

Fruits

2–3 mm, moderately strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

0.75–1 mm, glabrous to very sparsely strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

Heads

1, radiate or disciform.

1–20+ in corymb-like arrays, radiate.

2n

=18, 27, 36.

Erigeron chrysopsidis

Erigeron divergens

Distribution
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Discussion

Western United States. 3 varieties.

Dry open areas, roadsides, streambanks. Flowering May–Sep. 50–2200 m. BR, BW, Casc, Col, ECas, Est, Lava. CA, ID, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to Alberta, east to SD, southeast to TX, south to Mexico. 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. coulteri, E. decumbens, E. disparipilus, 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
Synonyms Erigeron divergens var. divergens
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