Erigeron flettii |
Erigeron vagus |
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rambling fleabane |
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Habit | Plants perennial, 3–10 cm; taprooted, caudices branching. | |
Stems | erect, nearly glabrous to remotely hirsute, minutely glandular. |
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Basal leaves | persistent, spatulate with 3–5 distal lobes, 6–25 × 3–10 mm; margins entire; surfaces moderately to densely hirsute. |
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Cauline leaves | absent or reduced to linear bracts. |
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Involucres | 5–7 × 10–13 mm. |
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Ray florets | 25–40, white to lavender to purple; rays 6–9 × 0.5–1.5 mm. |
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Disc florets | 2–3 mm. |
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Phyllaries | in 2 series; purplish to green, with yellow-orange medial stripe; surfaces remotely hirsute to basally villous. |
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Fruits | 2–3 mm, sparsely 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 vagus |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Rocky areas, slopes. Flowering Jun–Aug. 1500–3100 m. BW. CA, NV; southeast to CO. Native. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 262 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
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