Erigeron elegantulus |
Erigeron bloomeri |
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dwarf blue fleabane, volcanic fleabane |
Bloomer's fleabane |
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Habit | Plants perennial, 4–10 cm; taprooted, with branching caudices. | Plants perennial, 3–22 cm; taprooted with branching caudices. |
Stems | erect to basally ascending, sparsely to moderately strigose, eglandular. |
erect, glabrous to densely strigose, eglandular. |
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, linear to very narrowly oblanceolate, 10–80 × 0.7–3 mm, bases white-indurate, often tinged with purple; margins entire; surfaces glabrous to densely strigose, eglandular. |
Cauline leaves | abruptly reduced and usually restricted to basal ? of stem, bases sheathing. |
linear, 1–5 × 0.5–2 mm, abruptly reduced. |
Involucres | 3–5 × 8–11 mm. |
5–8 × 6–16 mm. |
Ray florets | 15–30, lavender to purple; rays 3–8 × 0.7–1.3 mm. |
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Disc florets | corollas 2.5–3.5 mm. |
corollas 4–6 mm; pale to bright yellow; lobes often purple-tipped. |
Phyllaries | in 3–4 unequal series; surfaces sparsely strigose, eglandular. |
in 2–3 series, with dark medial area; surfaces glabrous to densely woolly-villous, minutely glandular to eglandular. |
Fruits | 1–2 mm, nearly glabrous to sparsely strigose; inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles. |
3–5 mm, glabrous with few sericeous hairs at distal ends below inner pappi; inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles. |
Heads | 1, radiate. |
1, discoid. |
2n | =27. |
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Erigeron elegantulus |
Erigeron bloomeri |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Rocky areas, sagebrush, coniferous forests. Flowering Jun–Aug. 700–2500 m. BR, BW, Casc, Owy. CA. Native. |
Western United States. 2 varieties. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 256 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 253 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
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