Erigeron klamathensis |
Erigeron glaucus |
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Klamath fleabane |
seaside daisy, seaside fleabane |
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Habit | Plants perennial, 5–25 cm; taprooted, caudices branching. | Plants perennial, 3–30 cm; fibrous-rooted, rhizomatous, caudices usually simple, occasionally branching. |
Stems | erect to decumbent-ascending; hirsute, eglandular; hairs usually spreading and slightly reflexed. |
decumbent, procumbent or ascending, sparsely to moderately hirsute, usually minutely glandular. |
Basal leaves | withering by flowering. |
persistent, obovate to broadly spatulate, 15–40 × 5–25 mm; margins entire; surfaces usually glabrous and eglandular. |
Cauline leaves | oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, 10–30 × 1–4 mm, slightly reduced distally or not; margins entire; surfaces moderately to densely hirsute, eglandular. |
similar to basal, 7–30 × 3–15 mm, gradually reduced distally. |
Involucres | 4–6 × 8–14 mm. |
5–10 × 10–21 mm. |
Ray florets | 20–40, lavender to purple; rays 4–6 × 0.7–2 mm. |
70–100, lavender to purple; rays 6–9 × 1–2 mm. |
Disc florets | corollas 3.5–5 mm. |
corollas 4–6 mm. |
Phyllaries | in 2–3 unequal series; surfaces glabrous to very sparsely hirsute, densely minutely glandular. |
in 3–4 series; surfaces moderately to densely villous, sparsely to moderately glandular. |
Fruits | 2–3 mm, sparsely to densely strigose; inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles. |
2–3 mm, sparsely to moderately strigose; inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles. |
Heads | 1–4 in loose corymb-like arrays, radiate. |
1(3), radiate. |
2n | =18. |
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Erigeron klamathensis |
Erigeron glaucus |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Rocky areas, ridges, crevices. Flowering Jun–Sep. 500–1500 m. Sisk. CA. Native. |
Coastal dunes, bluffs. Flowering May–Aug. 0–500 m. Est. CA. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 258 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 257 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Erigeron breweri, Erigeron breweri var. klamathensis | |
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