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showy daisy, showy fleabane

Klamath fleabane

Habit Plants perennial, 15–75 cm; rhizomatous, fibrous-rooted, caudices branching. Plants perennial, 5–25 cm; taprooted, caudices branching.
Stems

erect;

surfaces glabrous to rarely remotely hirsute, sometimes minutely glandular distally.

erect to decumbent-ascending; hirsute, eglandular;

hairs usually spreading and slightly reflexed.

Basal leaves

usually withering by flowering, oblanceolate to spatulate.

withering by flowering.

Cauline leaves

lanceolate, 20–80 × 5–15 mm, gradually reduced distally, bases ± clasping;

margins entire, usually long-ciliate;

surfaces glabrous, rarely remotely strigose.

oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, 10–30 × 1–4 mm, slightly reduced distally or not;

margins entire;

surfaces moderately to densely hirsute, eglandular.

Involucres

3–7 × 11–16 mm.

4–6 × 8–14 mm.

Ray florets

40–115+, lavender to purple;

rays 7–11 × 0.7–1.5 mm.

20–40, lavender to purple;

rays 4–6 × 0.7–2 mm.

Disc florets

2–3 mm.

corollas 3.5–5 mm.

Phyllaries

in 2–3+ series, usually with orange stripe;

surfaces basally hirsute to villous, occasionally minutely glandular.

in 2–3 unequal series;

surfaces glabrous to very sparsely hirsute, densely minutely glandular.

Fruits

2–3 mm, glabrous to sparsely strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

2–3 mm, sparsely to densely strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

Heads

1–5+ in corymb-like arrays, radiate.

1–4 in loose corymb-like arrays, radiate.

Erigeron speciosus

Erigeron klamathensis

Distribution
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Discussion

Conifer forests, moist slopes, riverbanks, wet meadows. Flowering Jun–Sep. 50–2500 m. BR, BW, CR, WV. ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to Alberta, east to NE, southeast to NM. Native.

Rocky areas, ridges, crevices. Flowering Jun–Sep. 500–1500 m. Sisk. CA. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2 draft
James Riser, Stephen Meyers
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. 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
Synonyms Erigeron speciosus var. macranthus, Erigeron speciosus var. speciosus, Erigeron subtrinervis Erigeron breweri, Erigeron breweri var. klamathensis
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