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Erigeron flettii

Flett's fleabane, Olympic Mt. fleabane

cutleaf daisy, dwarf mountain fleabane, fernleaf fleabane, trifid mountain fleabane

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

Erigeron flettii

Erigeron compositus

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
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. bloomeri, E. caespitosus, E. chrysopsidis, 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
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