Erigeron tener |
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slender fleabane |
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Habit | Plants perennial, 3–15 cm; taprooted, caudices branching. |
Stems | erect, sparsely strigose, sometimes minutely glandular. |
Basal leaves | persistent, narrowly oblanceolate-elliptic to spatulate, 5–50 × 1–4 mm; margins entire; tips acute; surfaces densely strigose. |
Cauline leaves | few, linear, 5–20 × ~1 mm, abruptly reduced distally. |
Involucres | 3–5 × 7–11 mm. |
Ray florets | 15–24, blue to purple; rays 3–6 × 0.5–1 mm. |
Disc florets | corollas 2–4 mm. |
Phyllaries | medial areas usually purple; surfaces glabrous to moderately hirsute, densely glandular. |
Fruits | 1–3 mm, sparsely strigose; inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles. |
Heads | 1(3), radiate. |
Erigeron tener |
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Distribution | |
Discussion | Rocky areas, talus, slops, crevices. Flowering May–Aug. 1700–2500 m. BR. CA, ID, NV; northeast to MT, east to WY, southeast to AZ. Native. In Oregon, Erigeron tener is thus far known only from Steens Mountain. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 262 James Riser, Stephen Meyers |
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