Erigeron flettii |
Erigeron speciosus |
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Flett's fleabane, Olympic Mt. fleabane |
showy daisy, showy fleabane, splendid 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 short, woody base, 1.5-8 dm. tall, the stems clustered, amply leafy, glabrous below the inflorescence. |
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 glabrous, triple-nerved, entire, the lower oblanceolate or spatulate, petiolate, mostly deciduous, the other becoming sessile but ample. |
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 1-13 in a open inflorescence; involucre 6-9 mm. high, glandular; rays 65-150, blue or rarely white, 9-18 mm. long and 1 mm. wide; pappus 20-30 bristles, a few of the outer ones shorter. |
Fruits | Achene |
Achenes 2-nerved. |
Erigeron flettii |
Erigeron speciosus |
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Flowering time | June-August | June-August |
Habitat | Cliffs and other rocky places in the subalpine and alpine. | Prairies and forest openings from the lowlands to middle elevations in the mountains. |
Distribution | Occurring in the Olympic Mountains in Washington, where endemic.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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