Erigeron flettii |
Erigeron aureus |
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golden fleabane |
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Habit | Plants perennial, 5–10 cm; fibrous-rooted, with short, usually unbranched caudices. | |
Stems | erect; hirsute to villous, minutely glandular. |
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Basal leaves | persistent, spatulate to oblanceolate, 10–50 × 5–10 mm; margins entire; surfaces moderately to densely strigose, eglandular to minutely glandular. |
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Cauline leaves | 5–10 × 1–5 mm abruptly reduced, often a single linear bract. |
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Involucres | 4–6 × 10–15 mm. |
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Ray florets | 40–60, bright yellow; rays 4–6 × 0.5–1.5 mm. |
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Disc florets | corollas 3–4 mm. |
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Phyllaries | in 2–3 series, often purplish colored; surfaces moderately to densely woolly-villous, sparsely glandular. |
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Fruits | 2–3 mm, moderately strigose; inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles. |
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Heads | 1, radiate. |
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2n | =18. |
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Erigeron flettii |
Erigeron aureus |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Ridges, talus, rocky slopes. Flowering Jul–Aug. 1600–2600 m. BW. WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to Alberta. Native. In Oregon, this native species is currently known only from a single collection in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, Wallowa Mountains. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 252 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
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