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Erigeron evermannii

Erigeron glaucus

seaside daisy, seaside fleabane
Habit Plants perennial, 3–30 cm; fibrous-rooted, rhizomatous, caudices usually simple, occasionally branching.
Stems

decumbent, procumbent or ascending, sparsely to moderately hirsute, usually minutely glandular.
Basal leaves

persistent, obovate to broadly spatulate, 15–40 × 5–25 mm;

margins entire;

surfaces usually glabrous and eglandular.
Cauline leaves

similar to basal, 7–30 × 3–15 mm, gradually reduced distally.
Involucres

5–10 × 10–21 mm.
Ray florets

70–100, lavender to purple;

rays 6–9 × 1–2 mm.
Disc florets

corollas 4–6 mm.
Phyllaries

in 3–4 series;

surfaces moderately to densely villous, sparsely to moderately glandular.
Fruits

2–3 mm, sparsely to moderately strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.
Heads

1(3), radiate.
2n

=18.

Erigeron evermannii

Erigeron glaucus
Distribution
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Discussion

Coastal dunes, bluffs. Flowering May–Aug. 0–500 m. Est. CA. Native.
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 257
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. 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
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. elegantulus, E. filifolius, E. foliosus, E. glacialis, 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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