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foothill daisy, longleaf fleabane

annual fleabane, eastern daisy fleabane

Habit Plants perennial, 15–40 cm; taprooted, often with slender, branching caudices. Plants annual, 40–110 cm; fibrous-rooted or weakly taprooted.
Stems

erect or ascending, moderately hirsute to villous, eglandular.

erect, sparsely to moderately hirsute, usually becoming strigose distally, eglandular.

Basal leaves

usually persistent, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 50–200 × 2–10 mm;

margins entire, 1–3 prominent veins;

tips usually acute;

surfaces moderately to densely strigose, eglandular.

usually withering by flowering, broadly lanceolate to oblanceolate, 50–120 × 5–25 mm;

margins coarsely serrate or nearly entire;

surfaces sparsely strigose.

Cauline leaves

linear, 15–60 × 1–5 mm, gradually reduced distally.

lanceolate, oblanceolate, or oblong, 15–80 × 2–15+ mm, often reduced distally;

margins entire to coarsely serrate;

surfaces sparsely strigose.

Involucres

4–7 × 8–14 mm.

3–5 × 5–13 mm.

Ray florets

30–60, white to purple;

rays 2.5–14 × 1–1.5 mm.

60–110, white to pale lavender;

rays 2–8 × 0.5–1 mm.

Disc florets

corollas 4–5 mm.

corollas 2–3 mm.

Phyllaries

in 2–3 series, usually with dark medial area;

surfaces moderately to densely hirsute to villous, occasionally glandular.

in 2–3 series, usually with dark medial area, with or without an orangish stripe;

surfaces glabrous to sparsely villous, often minutely glandular.

Fruits

2–3 mm, sparsely strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

1–2 mm, sparsely strigose;

disc fruit pappi of numerous barbellate bristles; ray fruit pappi lacking.

Heads

1–5(10) in corymb-like arrays, radiate.

5–many in corymb-like or panicle-like arrays, radiate.

2n

=18.

=27.

Erigeron corymbosus

Erigeron annuus

Distribution
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Discussion

Dry open hillsides, sagebrush, pine forests. Flowering Jun–Aug. 200–2500 m. BR, BW, Casc, ECas, Lava, Owy. ID, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to MT, east to WY, southeast to UT. Native.

Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas. Flowering Jul–Sep. 0–1000 m. BW, Casc, CR, Est, Lava, WV. CA, ID, WA; scattered in western North America, throughout eastern and mid­western North America; Asia, Europe. Exotic.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 255
James Riser, Stephen Meyers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 252
James Riser, Stephen Meyers
Sibling taxa
E. acris, E. aliceae, E. annuus, E. aphanactis, E. aureus, E. bloomeri, E. cascadensis, E. cervinus, E. chrysopsidis, E. compositus, 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. 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. speciosus, E. stanselliae, E. strigosus, E. tener, E. vagus
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