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Erigeron eximius

Erigeron annuus

annual fleabane, eastern daisy fleabane, sweet scabrous fleabane
Habit Annual, 6-15 dm. tall, the stem with long, spreading hairs below the inflorescence.
Leaves

Leaves ample, generally toothed, the cauline leaves broadly lanceolate to ovate.
Flowers

Inflorescence large and usually leafy;

involucre 3-5 mm. high, finely glandular and sparsely long-hairy;

rays 80-125, white to lavender, 0.5-1 mm. wide and up to 10 mm. long; disk corollas 2-2.8 mm. long;

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

Erigeron eximius

Erigeron annuus
Flowering time June-September
Habitat Moist, disturbed areas from the lowlands to middle elevations.
Distribution
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho and Utah, not recorded for Montana, also from Great Plains east to the Atlantic.
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Origin Native? Introduced in OR, status as a native in BC uncertain
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
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. strigosus, E. subtrinervis
E. acris, E. aliceae, 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
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