Erigeron flettii |
Erigeron salishii |
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Flett's fleabane, Olympic Mt. fleabane |
Salish fleabane, star peak 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 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 |
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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) |
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