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Erigeron flettii

Flett's fleabane, Olympic Mt. fleabane

foothill fleabane, longleaf fleabane

Habit Perennial from a stout, branched, woody base, 5-15 cm. high, the stem with sparse, spreading hairs. Perennial with a tap-root, 1-5 dm. tall, sub-erect, generally purplish at the base, the herbage covered densely with short, spreading 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.

Basal leaves triple-nerved, elongate, acute, tapering gradually below, up to 25 cm. long including the petiole, and 1 cm. wide;

cauline leaves reduced.

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 1-16 in an open inflorescence;

involucres 5-7 mm. high, grey-hairy, its bracts somewhat imbricate;

rays 35-65, pistillate, deep blue or occasionally pink, 7-13 mm. long;

pappus double, the inner of 20-30 bristles.

Fruits

Achene

Erigeron flettii

Erigeron corymbosus

Flowering time June-August June-August
Habitat Cliffs and other rocky places in the subalpine and alpine. Open, usually dry places, often among sagebrush.
Distribution
Occurring in the Olympic Mountains in Washington, where endemic.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to eastern Oregon, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Utah.
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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. compositus, 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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