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Erigeron eximius

Erigeron bloomeri

Bloomer's fleabane
Habit Plants perennial, 3–22 cm; taprooted with branching caudices.
Stems

erect, glabrous to densely strigose, eglandular.
Basal leaves

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

linear, 1–5 × 0.5–2 mm, abruptly reduced.
Involucres

5–8 × 6–16 mm.
Ray florets

0.
Disc florets

corollas 4–6 mm; pale to bright yellow;

lobes often purple-tipped.
Phyllaries

in 2–3 series, with dark medial area;

surfaces glabrous to densely woolly-villous, minutely glandular to eglandular.
Fruits

3–5 mm, glabrous with few sericeous hairs at distal ends below inner pappi;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.
Heads

1, discoid.

Erigeron eximius

Erigeron bloomeri
Distribution
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Discussion

Western United States. 2 varieties.
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 253
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. 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
Subordinate taxa
E. bloomeri var. bloomeri, E. bloomeri var. nudatus
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