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dwarf yellow fleabane

Eaton's fleabane

Habit Perennial from a tap-root, 5-30 cm. tall, the stems decumbent and purplish at the base, with appressed hairs.
Leaves

Basal leaves tufted, narrow, acute, gradually tapering to the petiole;

cauline leaves several, conspicuously reduced.

Flowers

Heads solitary or up to 7 in an open inflorescence;

involucres 5-7 mm. high;

rays 20-50, pistillate, white, 5-10 mm. long and 1-3 mm. wide; disk corollas 3.5-5 mm. long, yellow;

inner pappus bristles 15-20, outer obscure.

Erigeron chrysopsidis

Erigeron eatonii

Flowering time May-July May-July
Habitat Shrub-steppe to open slopes of forests at middle elevations. Grasslands, sagebrush, dry slopes, and forest openings at low to middle elevations.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to Idaho and Nevada.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in central and southeastern Washington; central Washington to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
E. acris, E. aliceae, E. annuus, E. aureus, E. basalticus, E. bloomeri, E. caespitosus, 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. aureus, E. basalticus, E. bloomeri, E. caespitosus, E. chrysopsidis, E. compositus, E. corymbosus, E. davisii, E. disparipilus, E. divergens, 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
Subordinate taxa
E. chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis
E. eatonii var. villosus
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