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Erigeron flettii

Flett's fleabane, Olympic Mt. fleabane

Salish fleabane, star peak fleabane

Habit Perennial from a stout, branched, woody base, 5-15 cm. high, the stem with sparse, spreading hairs. Perennial from a taproot and branched crown, forming dense cushions, the simple, erect, scape-like stems 1.5-7 cm. high, pubescent.
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.

Leaves all basal on slender petioles;

leaf blades obovate-spatulate, 3-16 mm. long and 3-6 mm. wide, the bases abruptly expanded, the margins usually with 3 rounded lobes and marginal hairs, the faces with stiff hairs.

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, the involucres 8-11 mm long, the bracts in 2-3 series, usually purplish, especially the tips;

ray flowers 15-32, white to bluish, 6-10 mm. long, spreading;

disk flowers yellow;

pappus of capillary bristles

Fruits

Achene

Achenes 2-2.6 mm. long, 2-nerved.

Erigeron flettii

Erigeron salishii

Flowering time June-August July-September
Habitat Cliffs and other rocky places in the subalpine and alpine. Cliffs, ridges, ledges and gravelly slopes at mid- to high elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
Occurring in the Olympic Mountains in Washington, where endemic.
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Ocurring east of the Cascades crest in the North and Central Cascade Mountains in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to central Washington.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
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. linearis, E. lonchophyllus, E. nivalis, E. oreganus, E. peregrinus, E. philadelphicus, E. piperianus, E. poliospermus, E. pumilus, E. speciosus, E. strigosus, E. subtrinervis
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