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Erigeron flettii

rambling fleabane

Habit Plants perennial, 3–10 cm; taprooted, caudices branching.
Stems

erect, nearly glabrous to remotely hirsute, minutely glandular.

Basal leaves

persistent, spatulate with 3–5 distal lobes, 6–25 × 3–10 mm;

margins entire;

surfaces moderately to densely hirsute.

Cauline leaves

absent or reduced to linear bracts.

Involucres

5–7 × 10–13 mm.

Ray florets

25–40, white to lavender to purple;

rays 6–9 × 0.5–1.5 mm.

Disc florets

2–3 mm.

Phyllaries

in 2 series; purplish to green, with yellow-orange medial stripe;

surfaces remotely hirsute to basally villous.

Fruits

2–3 mm, sparsely strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

Heads

1, radiate.

2n

=18.

Erigeron flettii

Erigeron vagus

Distribution
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Discussion

Rocky areas, slopes. Flowering Jun–Aug. 1500–3100 m. BW. CA, NV; southeast to CO. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 262
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. 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
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