Erigeron elegantulus |
Erigeron decumbens |
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dwarf blue fleabane, volcanic fleabane |
Willamette fleabane, Willamette Valley daisy |
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Habit | Plants perennial, 4–10 cm; taprooted, with branching caudices. | Plants perennial, 15–55 cm; taprooted, with upright, branching caudices. |
Stems | erect to basally ascending, sparsely to moderately strigose, eglandular. |
few to many; erect or decumbent, remotely to moderately strigillose, 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. |
usually withering by flowering, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 30–120 × 3–5 mm; margins entire; surfaces sparsely strigillose to minutely strigose, eglandular. |
Cauline leaves | abruptly reduced and usually restricted to basal ? of stem, bases sheathing. |
linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 10–100 × 1–3 mm, gradually reduced distally; margins entire, usually 3-veined; surfaces lightly to moderately strigose. |
Involucres | 3–5 × 8–11 mm. |
3–5 × 7–15 mm. |
Ray florets | 15–30, lavender to purple; rays 3–8 × 0.7–1.3 mm. |
25–50, white to lavender; rays 5–8(12) × 1–2 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, usually with dark medial area, moderately to densely hirsute or strigose, eglandular. |
Fruits | 1–2 mm, nearly glabrous to sparsely strigose; inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles. |
1–2 mm, sparsely to moderately strigose; inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles. |
Heads | 1, radiate. |
1–5 in corymb-like arrays, radiate. |
2n | =27. |
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Erigeron elegantulus |
Erigeron decumbens |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Rocky areas, sagebrush, coniferous forests. Flowering Jun–Aug. 700–2500 m. BR, BW, Casc, Owy. CA. Native. |
Prairies. Flowering May–Jul. 50–300 m. WV. Native. Endemic to Oregon. Erigeron decumbens is federally listed as an endangered species. It is an Oregon endemic known only from scattered prairie remnants in the Willamette Valley where it inhabits seasonally flooded bottomland prairies as well as well-drained upland prairies. It has likely been extirpated from parts of its former range in Clackamas, Washington, and Yamhill counties. |
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 | ||
Synonyms | Erigeron decumbens ssp. decumbens, Erigeron decumbens var. decumbens | |
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