Erigeron elegantulus |
Erigeron coulteri |
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dwarf blue fleabane, volcanic fleabane |
Coulter's fleabane |
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Habit | Plants perennial, 4–10 cm; taprooted, with branching caudices. | Plants perennial, 15–55 cm; roots fibrous, rhizomatous, occasionally with branching caudices. |
Stems | erect to basally ascending, sparsely to moderately strigose, eglandular. |
erect, sparsely villous, 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. |
occasionally withering by flowering, broadly oblanceolate-elliptic, 40–150 × 10–25 mm; margins entire or occasionally with poorly developed teeth; surfaces sparsely strigose or hirsute, eglandular. |
Cauline leaves | abruptly reduced and usually restricted to basal ? of stem, bases sheathing. |
lanceolate to elliptic, 10–80 × 2.5–25(30) mm, gradually reduced distally, bases clasping; margins entire or with minute teeth. |
Involucres | 3–5 × 8–11 mm. |
5–8 × 11–17 mm. |
Ray florets | 15–30, lavender to purple; rays 3–8 × 0.7–1.3 mm. |
60–110, white; rays 8–15 × 0.5–1 mm. |
Disc florets | corollas 2.5–3.5 mm. |
corollas 3–5 mm. |
Phyllaries | in 3–4 unequal series; surfaces sparsely strigose, eglandular. |
in 2–3 series; surfaces moderately to densely hirsute or villous, eglandular to minutely glandular. |
Fruits | 1–2 mm, nearly glabrous to sparsely strigose; inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles. |
1.5–2 mm, sparsely strigose; inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles. |
Heads | 1, radiate. |
1(3), radiate. |
2n | =27. |
=18. |
Erigeron elegantulus |
Erigeron coulteri |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Rocky areas, sagebrush, coniferous forests. Flowering Jun–Aug. 700–2500 m. BR, BW, Casc, Owy. CA. Native. |
Moist coniferous forests, wet meadows. Flowering Jun–Aug. 1100–2000 m. BW. CA, ID, NV; northeast to MT, east to WY, southeast to NM. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 256 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 255 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
Sibling taxa | ||
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