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Erigeron howellii

Howell's fleabane

Habit Plants perennial, 20–45 cm; fibrous-rooted, rhizomatous, caudices branching or not.
Stems

erect, glabrous to sparsely and minutely strigillose, eglandular.

Basal leaves

persistent, broadly spatulate, 40–150 × 10–35 mm;

margins entire or with few large teeth;

surfaces glabrous, eglandular.

Cauline leaves

lanceolate to elliptic, 15–80 × 10–35 mm, gradually reduced distally;

margins entire or with few coarse teeth;

surfaces often ciliate or glandular.

Involucres

5–9 × 15–23 mm.

Ray florets

25–50, white;

rays 8–20 × 2.5–4 mm.

Disc florets

corollas 4–5 mm.

Phyllaries

in 2–3 series, with prominent central veins;

surfaces glabrous, densely glandular.

Fruits

2.5–3 mm, sparsely to moderately strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

Heads

1, radiate.

Erigeron pulchellus

Erigeron howellii

Distribution
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Discussion

Rocky slopes, open woods. Flowering May–Jul. 100–1500 m. Casc. WA. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 258
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. 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
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