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Erigeron flettii

Flett's fleabane, Olympic Mt. fleabane

desert yellow daisy, lineleaf fleabane

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

Erigeron flettii

Erigeron linearis

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
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. 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. 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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