Erigeron flettii |
Erigeron bloomeri |
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Flett's fleabane, Olympic Mt. fleabane |
Bloomer's fleabane, scabland fleabane |
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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 |
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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 |
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