Erigeron flettii |
Erigeron compositus |
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Flett's fleabane, Olympic Mt. fleabane |
cutleaf daisy, dwarf mountain fleabane, fernleaf fleabane, trifid mountain fleabane |
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Habit | Perennial from a stout, branched, woody base, 5-15 cm. high, the stem with sparse, spreading hairs. | Perennial from a tap-root, 3-25 cm. tall, the herbage densely glandular. |
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. |
Basal leaves trifid to ternately dissected; cauline leaves few, linear and entire. |
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, nearly leafless stems, glandular and hairy; pistillate flowers 20-60, with usually white but occasionally pink or blue rays up to 12 mm. long and 2 mm. wide, or wanting; disk flowers yellow; pappus of 12-20 capillary bristles. |
Fruits | Achene |
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Erigeron flettii |
Erigeron compositus |
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Flowering time | June-August | May - August |
Habitat | Cliffs and other rocky places in the subalpine and alpine. | Sandy riverbanks at low elevations to rocky outcrops at mid- to high elevation in the mountains |
Distribution | Occurring in the Olympic Mountains in Washington, where endemic.
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Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the northern Great Plains, also in northern and eastern Canada.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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