Erigeron elegantulus |
Erigeron chrysopsidis |
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dwarf blue fleabane, volcanic fleabane |
dwarf yellow fleabane |
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Habit | Plants perennial, 4–10 cm; taprooted, with branching caudices. | Plants perennial, 3–20 cm; taprooted, usually with many woody, branching caudices. |
Stems | erect to basally ascending, sparsely to moderately strigose, eglandular. |
erect; hirsute, eglandular to 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 in dense clusters, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 10–80 × 1–3 mm; margins entire with hispid hairs; surfaces hirsute to hispid, sometimes nearing strigose. |
Cauline leaves | abruptly reduced and usually restricted to basal ? of stem, bases sheathing. |
abruptly reduced to (0)1–3 linear bracts. |
Involucres | 3–5 × 8–11 mm. |
4–7 × 10–16 mm. |
Ray florets | 15–30, lavender to purple; rays 3–8 × 0.7–1.3 mm. |
20–60; corollas with well-developed yellow rays, 4–8 × 0.5–2 mm, or tubular and short, or rays lacking. |
Disc florets | corollas 2.5–3.5 mm. |
corollas 4–5 mm. |
Phyllaries | in 3–4 unequal series; surfaces sparsely strigose, eglandular. |
in 2–3 series, sparsely to moderately hispid-villous, often minutely 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 or disciform. |
2n | =27. |
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Erigeron elegantulus |
Erigeron chrysopsidis |
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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. 3 varieties. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 256 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 254 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
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