Erigeron asperugineus |
Erigeron aliceae |
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Alice's fleabane, Eastwood's fleabane |
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Habit | Perennial usually from a rhizome, 3-8 dm. tall, amply leafy, covered with stiff, short, blunt hairs. | |
Leaves | Leaves entire or coarsely toothed, the lower ones up to 20 cm. long including the petiole, and 3.5 cm. wide, the middle and upper leaves sessile, narrowly lanceolate to oblong. |
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Flowers | Heads 1-several, the disk 12-20 mm. wide; involucral bracts loose, pointed, sub-equal, with conspicuous stiff, white hairs on the lower half, and glands on the upper portion; rays 45-80, pistillate, 10-15 mm. long and 2-3 mm. wide, white to pink-purple; disk corollas 3-4 mm. long, yellow; pappus simple. |
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Fruits | Achenes usually 2-nerved. |
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Erigeron asperugineus |
Erigeron aliceae |
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Flowering time | June-August | |
Habitat | Moist to fairly dry, sandy, open areas at middle elevations in the mountains. | |
Distribution | Occurring west of the Cascades crest in the Olympic Mountains and southward in Washington; Washington to California.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Sensitive in Washington (WANHP) | |
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