Erigeron corymbosus |
Erigeron annuus |
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foothill daisy, longleaf fleabane |
annual fleabane, eastern daisy fleabane |
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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 |
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Distribution | ||
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 |
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