Erigeron chrysopsidis |
Erigeron speciosus |
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dwarf yellow fleabane |
showy daisy, showy fleabane |
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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 |
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Distribution | ||
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 |
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Synonyms | Erigeron speciosus var. macranthus, Erigeron speciosus var. speciosus, Erigeron subtrinervis | |
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