|
Eaton's fleabane
|
Alice's fleabane, Eastwood's fleabane
|
| Perennial from a tap-root, 5-30 cm. tall, the stems decumbent and purplish at the base, with appressed hairs. |
Perennial usually from a rhizome, 3-8 dm. tall, amply leafy, covered with stiff, short, blunt hairs. |
Basal leaves tufted, narrow, acute, gradually tapering to the petiole; cauline leaves several, conspicuously reduced. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
|
Achenes usually 2-nerved. |
|
|
|
|
| May-July |
June-August |
| Grasslands, sagebrush, dry slopes, and forest openings at low to middle elevations. |
Moist to fairly dry, sandy, open areas at middle elevations in the mountains. |
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in central and southeastern Washington; central Washington to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
|
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in the Olympic Mountains and southward in Washington; Washington to California.
|
| Native |
Native |
| Not of concern |
Sensitive in Washington (WANHP) |
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 |
E. acris, 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. strigosus, E. subtrinervis |
|
|
| |
CA
OR
WA
Flora NW
PNW Herbaria
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist
USDA Plants Database
