Erigeron flettii |
Erigeron aliceae |
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Flett's fleabane, Olympic Mt. fleabane |
Alice's fleabane, Eastwood's fleabane |
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Habit | Perennial from a stout, branched, woody base, 5-15 cm. high, the stem with sparse, spreading hairs. | Perennial usually from a rhizome, 3-8 dm. tall, amply leafy, covered with stiff, short, blunt hairs. |
Leaves | Leaves mostly basal, spatulate to oblanceolate, up to 5 cm. long and 12 mm. wide, mostly glabrous, with a few hairs on the leaf margins. |
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. |
Flowers | Heads solitary, the disk 10-15 mm. wide; involucre 6-8 mm. high, with a few soft hairs, and sometimes sticky; rays 25-50, white, 7-10 mm. long and 1.5-2.5 mm. wide; disk corollas yellow, 3.5-4.5 mm. long; pappus of 15-20 capillary bristles and numerous short, outer bristles. |
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. |
Fruits | Achene |
Achenes usually 2-nerved. |
Erigeron flettii |
Erigeron aliceae |
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Flowering time | June-August | June-August |
Habitat | Cliffs and other rocky places in the subalpine and alpine. | Moist to fairly dry, sandy, open areas at middle elevations in the mountains. |
Distribution | Occurring in the Olympic Mountains in Washington, where endemic.
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Occurring west of the Cascades crest in the Olympic Mountains and southward in Washington; Washington to California.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) | Sensitive in Washington (WANHP) |
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