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dwarf blue fleabane, volcanic fleabane

golden fleabane

Habit Plants perennial, 4–10 cm; taprooted, with branching caudices. Plants perennial, 5–10 cm; fibrous-rooted, with short, usually unbranched caudices.
Stems

erect to basally ascending, sparsely to moderately strigose, eglandular.

erect; hirsute to villous, minutely glandular.

Basal leaves

persistent, linear to filiform, 20–50 × 0.5–1 mm, white, bases sheathing;

margins entire;

tips round to acute or acuminate;

surfaces sparsely to moderately strigose.

persistent, spatulate to oblanceolate, 10–50 × 5–10 mm;

margins entire;

surfaces moderately to densely strigose, eglandular to minutely glandular.

Cauline leaves

abruptly reduced and usually restricted to basal ? of stem, bases sheathing.

5–10 × 1–5 mm abruptly reduced, often a single linear bract.

Involucres

3–5 × 8–11 mm.

4–6 × 10–15 mm.

Ray florets

15–30, lavender to purple;

rays 3–8 × 0.7–1.3 mm.

40–60, bright yellow;

rays 4–6 × 0.5–1.5 mm.

Disc florets

corollas 2.5–3.5 mm.

corollas 3–4 mm.

Phyllaries

in 3–4 unequal series;

surfaces sparsely strigose, eglandular.

in 2–3 series, often purplish colored;

surfaces moderately to densely woolly-villous, sparsely glandular.

Fruits

1–2 mm, nearly glabrous to sparsely strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

2–3 mm, moderately strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

Heads

1, radiate.

1, radiate.

2n

=27.

=18.

Erigeron elegantulus

Erigeron aureus

Distribution
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Discussion

Rocky areas, sagebrush, coniferous forests. Flowering Jun–Aug. 700–2500 m. BR, BW, Casc, Owy. CA. Native.

Ridges, talus, rocky slopes. Flowering Jul–Aug. 1600–2600 m. BW. WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to Alberta. Native.

In Oregon, this native species is currently known only from a single collection in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, Wallowa Mountains.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 256
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. corymbosus, E. coulteri, E. decumbens, E. disparipilus, E. divergens, E. eatonii, 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. 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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