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showy daisy, showy fleabane

desert yellow fleabane, lineleaf fleabane

Habit Plants perennial, 15–75 cm; rhizomatous, fibrous-rooted, caudices branching. Plants perennial, 7–20 cm; taprooted, caudices branching.
Stems

erect;

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

erect or basally ascending, moderately to densely strigose, eglandular.

Basal leaves

usually withering by flowering, oblanceolate to spatulate.

persistent, linear to very narrowly oblanceolate, 15–80 × 0.5–2 mm, bases sheathing and light- or white-colored;

margins entire;

surfaces moderately to densely strigose, eglandular.

Cauline leaves

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

margins entire, usually long-ciliate;

surfaces glabrous, rarely remotely strigose.

linear, 5–20 × 0.5–1 mm, usually reduced distally, bases sheathing.

Involucres

3–7 × 11–16 mm.

5–8 × 9–13 mm.

Ray florets

40–115+, lavender to purple;

rays 7–11 × 0.7–1.5 mm.

20–40, bright yellow;

rays 5–7 × 1–2 mm.

Disc florets

2–3 mm.

corollas 3–5 mm.

Phyllaries

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

surfaces basally hirsute to villous, occasionally minutely glandular.

in 2–3 series;

surfaces moderately to densely strigose; hirsute, or manicate, minutely glandular.

Fruits

2–3 mm, glabrous to sparsely strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

2–3 mm, sparsely strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

Heads

1–5+ in corymb-like arrays, radiate.

1(2), radiate.

2n

=18, 27, 36, 45.

Erigeron speciosus

Erigeron linearis

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, sagebrush, juniper forests. Flowering May–Jul. 200–2500 m. BR, BW, Col, ECas, Lava, Owy. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to MT, east to WY, southeast to UT. 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. 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
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