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Flett's fleabane, Olympic Mt. fleabane
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Eaton's fleabane
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| Perennial from a stout, branched, woody base, 5-15 cm. high, the stem with sparse, spreading hairs. |
Perennial from a tap-root, 5-30 cm. tall, the stems decumbent and purplish at the base, with appressed hairs. |
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 tufted, narrow, acute, gradually tapering to the petiole; cauline leaves several, conspicuously reduced. |
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 or up to 7 in an open inflorescence; involucres 5-7 mm. high; rays 20-50, pistillate, white, 5-10 mm. long and 1-3 mm. wide; disk corollas 3.5-5 mm. long, yellow; inner pappus bristles 15-20, outer obscure. |
Achene |
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| June-August |
May-July |
| Cliffs and other rocky places in the subalpine and alpine. |
Grasslands, sagebrush, dry slopes, and forest openings at low to middle elevations. |
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 the Rocky Mountains.
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| Native |
Native |
| Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) |
Not of concern |
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. corymbosus, E. davisii, E. disparipilus, E. divergens, 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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WA
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