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peregrine fleabane, subalpine fleabane

diffuse daisy, spreading fleabane

Habit Plants perennial, 20–50 cm; fibrous-rooted, often rhizomatous, caudices usually simple. Plants annual or short-lived perennial, 12–50+ cm; taprooted, with short, branching caudices.
Stems

erect, nearly glabrous, or sparsely hirsute proximally to densely strigillose or pilose distally, eglandular.

erect, ascending to decumbent, densely pilose to sparsely hirsute, minutely glandular at least distally.

Basal leaves

persistent, linear-oblanceolate to broadly oblanceolate, 30–150 × 8–30 mm;

margins entire;

surfaces glabrous, eglandular.

persistent or withering by flowering, spatulate, 20–80 × 5–10 mm;

margins entire or with 1–2 coarse teeth;

surfaces moderately to densely strigose, usually eglandular.

Cauline leaves

lanceolate to oblanceolate, 10–80 × 3–30 cm, reduced distally, bases occasionally clasping;

surfaces glabrous.

numerous and well developed, elliptic, obovate, or linear, 5–30 × 1–4 mm, usually slightly reduced distally;

surfaces densely strigose to villous.

Involucres

5–8 × 12–15 mm.

2–4 × 6–10 mm.

Ray florets

30–60, lavender to purple;

rays 5–9 × 1.5–4 mm.

75–150, light purple to lavender;

rays 2–5 × 0.25–0.6 mm.

Disc florets

corollas 4–6 mm.

corollas 2–3 mm.

Phyllaries

in 2–3 series, with dark medial area, glabrous, densely glandular.

in 2–3 series, usually with dark green or brown medial area and lighter colored stripe;

surfaces moderately to densely hirsute or strigose, moderately to densely glandular.

Fruits

2–4 mm, sparsely to moderately strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

0.75–1 mm, glabrous to very sparsely strigose;

inner pappi of numerous barbellate bristles.

Heads

1(4), radiate.

1–20+ in corymb-like arrays, radiate.

2n

=18, 27, 36.

Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis

Erigeron divergens

Distribution
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Discussion

Meadows, streamsides, lakeshores, bogs. Flowering Jun–Sep. 800–3200 m. BR, BW, Casc, CR, ECas. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to AK, northeast to Alberta, east to WY, southeast to NM. Native.

Dry open areas, roadsides, streambanks. Flowering May–Sep. 50–2200 m. BR, BW, Casc, Col, ECas, Est, Lava. CA, ID, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to Alberta, east to SD, southeast to TX, south to Mexico. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2 draft
James Riser, Stephen Meyers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 255
James Riser, Stephen Meyers
Sibling taxa
E. glacialis var. glacialis
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. 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 peregrinus ssp. callianthemus, Erigeron peregrinus var. angustifolius, Erigeron peregrinus var. callianthemus, Erigeron peregrinus var. eucallianthemus, Erigeron peregrinus var. scaposus, Erigeron ursinus Erigeron divergens var. divergens
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