Erigeron filifolius |
Erigeron acris |
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Peck's threadleaf fleabane |
bitter fleabane |
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Habit | Perennial from a taproot and branched, short woody base, 1-5 dm. tall, the stem densely covered with fine, appressed hairs aligned in one direction. | Biennial or perennial, 0.5-8 dm. tall, often covered with stiff, blunt hairs. |
Leaves | Leaves both basal and cauline, linear or linear-filiform, 1-8 cm. long and 0.3-3 mm. wide, of uniform width. |
Basal leaves oblanceolate or spatulate, the cauline ones ample to strongly reduced, lance-ovate to linear-oblong; |
Flowers | Heads solitary or several; involucre 4-6 mm. high, with fine, soft hairs or small glands or both; rays 15-125, blue, pink or white, 3-13 mm. long and 1-2 mm. wide; pappus of 20-30 simple hairs. |
Heads usually several on somewhat glandular, curved peduncles; involucral bracts tapered and pointed; rays pistillate, numerous, erect, inconspicuous, white, up to 4 mm. long and 0.4 mm. wide; inner pistillate flowers rayless; pappus surpassing the disk flowers. |
Erigeron filifolius |
Erigeron acris |
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Flowering time | May-July | June-September |
Habitat | Sagebrush plains, dry slopes, and grasslands. | Meadows, forest openings, and open slopes from middle elevations to the subalpine. |
Distribution | Occurring east of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana, Idaho, and Utah.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America; circumboreal.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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