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Erigeron chrysopsidis

Erigeron linearis

dwarf yellow fleabane

desert yellow daisy, lineleaf fleabane
Habit Perennial from a stout woody base, 5-30 cm. tall, covered throughout with fine, grey, appressed hairs aligned in one direction.
Leaves

Bases of stems and basal leaves hardened and enlarged, straw-colored;

leaves linear, 1.5-9 cm. long and 0.5-3 mm. wide, mostly basal.
Flowers

Heads solitary or few on each stem, the disk 8-13 mm. wide;

involucre 4-7 mm. high;

rays 15-45, yellow, 4-11 mm. long; disk corollas 3.5-5.3 mm. long, yellow;

pappus of 10-20 bristles and some outer scales.

Erigeron chrysopsidis

Erigeron linearis
Flowering time May-July May-July
Habitat Shrub-steppe to open slopes of forests at middle elevations. Dry, open, often rocky areas 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 Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Utah.
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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. eatonii, E. elatus, E. filifolius, E. flettii, E. glacialis, E. howellii, E. inornatus, E. karvinskianus, E. leibergii, 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
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