| Herbaceous perennial from a stout taproot, the stems curved at the base, 5-30 cm. tall; herbage densely pubescent with short, spreading hairs. |
Perennial from a short, branched woody base, 2-15 cm. tall, covered with fine, short hairs. |
Basal leaves oblanceolate to spatulate, rounded or obtuse, triple-nerved; cauline leaves linear to ovate-oblong. |
Basal leaves petiolate, with elliptical to obovate, broadly rounded blade up to 13 mm. wide; cauline leaves few and reduced. |
Heads solitary to several; involucre 4-7 mm. high, imbricate, glandular and short grey-hairy, the bracts narrow and thickened on the back; rays pistillate, 30-100, blue, white or pink, 5-15 mm. long; disk flowers yellow; pappus double, the outer short, the inner of 15-25 bristles. |
Heads solitary, the disks 7-16 mm. wide; involucre 5-8 mm. high, its bracts loose, equal, herbaceous, often purplish, white-woolly; rays 25-70, yellow, 6-9 mm. long and 1.4-2.5 mm. wide; disk corollas 3.6-4.9 mm. long, yellow; pappus of 10-20 capillary bristles. |
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Washington, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona, east to the northern Great Plains.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Washington, east to Alberta.
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E. acris, E. aliceae, E. annuus, E. aureus, E. basalticus, E. bloomeri, E. chrysopsidis, E. compositus, E. corymbosus, E. davisii, E. disparipilus, E. divergens, E. eatonii, E. elatus, E. filifolius, E. flettii, E. glacialis, E. howellii, E. inornatus, E. karvinskianus, E. leibergii, E. linearis, E. lonchophyllus, E. nivalis, E. oreganus, E. peregrinus, E. philadelphicus, E. piperianus, E. poliospermus, E. pumilus, E. salishii, E. speciosus, E. strigosus, E. subtrinervis |
E. acris, E. aliceae, E. annuus, E. basalticus, E. bloomeri, E. caespitosus, E. chrysopsidis, E. compositus, E. corymbosus, E. davisii, E. disparipilus, E. divergens, E. eatonii, E. elatus, E. filifolius, E. flettii, E. glacialis, E. howellii, E. inornatus, E. karvinskianus, E. leibergii, E. linearis, E. lonchophyllus, E. nivalis, E. oreganus, E. peregrinus, E. philadelphicus, E. piperianus, E. poliospermus, E. pumilus, E. salishii, E. speciosus, E. strigosus, E. subtrinervis |
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USDA Plants Database
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