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dwarf yellow fleabane

northern daisy

Habit Plants perennial, 3–20 cm; taprooted, usually with many woody, branching caudices. Plants biennial or short-lived perennial, 4–20 cm; fibrous-rooted to weakly taprooted, caudices branched.
Stems

erect; hirsute, eglandular to minutely glandular.

erect, sparsely to moderately hirsute, minutely glandular.

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, oblanceolate to spatulate, 10–100 × 3–15 mm;

margins entire, ciliate;

surfaces glabrous to sparsely strigose.

Cauline leaves

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

oblanceolate, elliptic, or lanceolate, 5–50 × 1–5 mm, reduced distally;

surfaces glabrous or sparsely strigose.

Involucres

4–7 × 10–16 mm.

4–7 × 7–13 mm.

Ray florets

20–60;

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

in 2 series, outer of 30–70 erect, filiform rays, 0.3–0.5 × 3–6 mm, white to light pink, inner of tubular florets; fewer than outer series.

Disc florets

corollas 4–5 mm.

corollas 4–6 mm.

Phyllaries

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

in 2–3 series;

surfaces nearly glabrous to sparsely hirsute, occasionally villous basally, densely glandular.

Fruits

2–3 mm, moderately strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

1.5–2.5 mm, sparsely to moderately strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

Heads

1, radiate or disciform.

1–10 in corymb-like arrays, radiate.

2n

=18.

Erigeron chrysopsidis

Erigeron nivalis

Distribution
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Discussion

Western United States. 3 varieties.

Gravelly areas, mossy rocks, lava beds, talus slopes, cliffs. Flowering May–Aug. 1500–2500 m. BW, Casc, ECas. CA, ID, WA; north to AK, northeast to Northwest Territories, 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 259
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. 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. 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 acris var. debilis, Trimorpha acris var. debilis
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