Erigeron flettii |
Erigeron linearis |
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Flett's fleabane, Olympic Mt. fleabane |
desert yellow daisy, lineleaf 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 stout woody base, 5-30 cm. tall, covered throughout with fine, grey, appressed 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. |
Bases of stems and basal leaves hardened and enlarged, straw-colored; leaves linear, 1.5-9 cm. long and 0.5-3 mm. wide, mostly basal. |
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 or few on each stem, the disk 8-13 mm. wide; involucre 4-7 mm. high; rays 15-45, yellow, 4-11 mm. long; disk corollas 3.5-5.3 mm. long, yellow; pappus of 10-20 bristles and some outer scales. |
Fruits | Achene |
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Erigeron flettii |
Erigeron linearis |
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Flowering time | June-August | May-July |
Habitat | Cliffs and other rocky places in the subalpine and alpine. | Dry, open, often rocky areas at low to middle elevations. |
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 California, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Utah.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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