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Eaton's fleabane
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glacier fleabane
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| Perennial from a tap-root, 5-30 cm. tall, the stems decumbent and purplish at the base, with appressed hairs. |
Fibrous-rooted perennial from a short rhizome, up to 7 dm. tall, amply leafy. |
Basal leaves tufted, narrow, acute, gradually tapering to the petiole; cauline leaves several, conspicuously reduced. |
Basal leaves oblanceolate or broader, the cauline not much reduced, ovate; all leaves usually entire. |
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 solitary or few, the disk 10-25 mm. wide; involucre 7-11 mm. high, the bracts linear, pointed, about equal in length, loose and rather herbaceous, about 1 mm. wide; rays 30-80, 8-25 mm. long and 2-4 mm. wide, dark to pale purple; disk flowers 4-6 mm. long; pappus of 20-30 capillary bristles. |
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Achene usually 5-nerved. |
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| May-July |
July-September |
| Grasslands, sagebrush, dry slopes, and forest openings at low to middle elevations. |
Moist, open areas at mid- to high elevations in the mountains. |
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in central and southeastern Washington; central Washington to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Widely distributed in the mountains throughout Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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| Native |
Native |
| Not of concern |
Not of concern |
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. 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. 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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CA, 
OR, 
WA
Flora NW, 
PNW Herbaria
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database
