Erigeron inornatus |
Erigeron annuus |
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California rayless fleabane |
annual fleabane, eastern daisy fleabane, sweet scabrous fleabane |
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Habit | Annual, 6-15 dm. tall, the stem with long, spreading hairs below the inflorescence. | |
Leaves | Leaves ample, generally toothed, the cauline leaves broadly lanceolate to ovate. |
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Flowers | Inflorescence large and usually leafy; involucre 3-5 mm. high, finely glandular and sparsely long-hairy; rays 80-125, white to lavender, 0.5-1 mm. wide and up to 10 mm. long; disk corollas 2-2.8 mm. long; pappus of 10-15 very fragile bristles and some short, bristly scales, the bristles wanting in the ray flowers. |
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Erigeron inornatus |
Erigeron annuus |
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Flowering time | July-August | June-September |
Habitat | Dry slopes and forest openings, often where sandy or rocky. | Moist, disturbed areas from the lowlands to middle elevations. |
Distribution | Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to Nevada.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho and Utah, not recorded for Montana, also from Great Plains east to the Atlantic.
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Origin | Native | Native? Introduced in OR, status as a native in BC uncertain |
Conservation status | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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