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Erigeron chrysopsidis

Erigeron strigosus

dwarf yellow fleabane

branched fleabane, daisy fleabane
Habit Mostly annual, 3-7 dm. tall, with scanty foliage.
Leaves

Leaves all cauline, entire, linear to lanceolate.
Flowers

Heads several to numerous, small;

involucre 2.5-5 mm. high, hairy and somewhat glandular;

rays 50-100, pistillate, white, up to 6 mm. long and 0.4-1 mm. wide; disk corollas 1.5-2.6 mm. long, yellow;

pappus of 10-15 very fragile bristles and some short, slender scales, the bristles wanting in the ray flowers.

Erigeron chrysopsidis

Erigeron strigosus
Flowering time May-July May-October
Habitat Shrub-steppe to open slopes of forests at middle elevations. Roadsides, fields, thickets, forest edge, and other open, disturbed areas from 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 on both sides of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Atlantic Coast.
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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. linearis, E. lonchophyllus, E. nivalis, E. oreganus, E. peregrinus, E. philadelphicus, E. piperianus, E. poliospermus, E. pumilus, E. salishii, E. speciosus, E. subtrinervis
Subordinate taxa
E. chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis
E. strigosus var. septentrionalis, E. strigosus var. strigosus
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