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Erigeron flettii

Flett's fleabane, Olympic Mt. fleabane

Bloomer's fleabane, scabland fleabane

Habit Perennial from a stout, branched, woody base, 5-15 cm. high, the stem with sparse, spreading hairs. Perennial with a tap-root and branched, short woody base, 5-15 cm. tall, the herbage with fine, white hairs aligned in one direction.
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 all in a basal cluster, linear, 2-7 cm. long and 0.7-2 mm. wide.

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 solitary on long peduncles;

involucre 5-10 mm. high, with soft hairs; ray and pistillate flowers absent; disk corollas 4.5-7 mm. long, yellow;

pappus bristles 25-40, unequal.

Fruits

Achene

Achenes glabrous below, short-hairy above.

Erigeron flettii

Erigeron bloomeri

Flowering time June-August June-August
Habitat Cliffs and other rocky places in the subalpine and alpine. Dry, open, rocky areas at low to moderate elevations
Distribution
Occurring in the Olympic Mountains in Washington, where endemic.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in central and southeastern Washington; central Washington to California, east to Idaho and Nevada.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) 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. 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. 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
Subordinate taxa
E. bloomeri var. bloomeri
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