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dwarf yellow fleabane

showy daisy, showy fleabane

Habit Plants perennial, 3–20 cm; taprooted, usually with many woody, branching caudices. Plants perennial, 15–75 cm; rhizomatous, fibrous-rooted, caudices branching.
Stems

erect; hirsute, eglandular to minutely glandular.

erect;

surfaces glabrous to rarely remotely hirsute, sometimes minutely glandular 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.

usually withering by flowering, oblanceolate to spatulate.

Cauline leaves

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

lanceolate, 20–80 × 5–15 mm, gradually reduced distally, bases ± clasping;

margins entire, usually long-ciliate;

surfaces glabrous, rarely remotely strigose.

Involucres

4–7 × 10–16 mm.

3–7 × 11–16 mm.

Ray florets

20–60;

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

40–115+, lavender to purple;

rays 7–11 × 0.7–1.5 mm.

Disc florets

corollas 4–5 mm.

2–3 mm.

Phyllaries

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

in 2–3+ series, usually with orange stripe;

surfaces basally hirsute to villous, occasionally minutely glandular.

Fruits

2–3 mm, moderately strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

2–3 mm, glabrous to sparsely strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

Heads

1, radiate or disciform.

1–5+ in corymb-like arrays, radiate.

Erigeron chrysopsidis

Erigeron speciosus

Distribution
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Discussion

Western United States. 3 varieties.

Conifer forests, moist slopes, riverbanks, wet meadows. Flowering Jun–Sep. 50–2500 m. BR, BW, CR, WV. ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to Alberta, east to NE, southeast to NM. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 254
James Riser, Stephen Meyers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2 draft
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. nivalis, E. oreganus, E. peregrinus, E. petrophilus, E. philadelphicus, E. poliospermus, E. pumilus, E. simplex, E. stanselliae, E. strigosus, E. tener, E. vagus
Subordinate taxa
E. chrysopsidis var. austiniae, E. chrysopsidis var. brevifolius, E. chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis
Synonyms Erigeron speciosus var. macranthus, Erigeron speciosus var. speciosus, Erigeron subtrinervis
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