Erigeron inornatus |
Erigeron compositus |
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California rayless fleabane |
cutleaf daisy, dwarf mountain fleabane, fernleaf fleabane, trifid mountain fleabane |
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Habit | Perennial from a tap-root, 3-25 cm. tall, the herbage densely glandular. | |
Leaves | Basal leaves trifid to ternately dissected; cauline leaves few, linear and entire. |
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Flowers | Heads solitary on long, nearly leafless stems, glandular and hairy; pistillate flowers 20-60, with usually white but occasionally pink or blue rays up to 12 mm. long and 2 mm. wide, or wanting; disk flowers yellow; pappus of 12-20 capillary bristles. |
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Erigeron inornatus |
Erigeron compositus |
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Flowering time | July-August | May - August |
Habitat | Dry slopes and forest openings, often where sandy or rocky. | Sandy riverbanks at low elevations to rocky outcrops at mid- to high elevation in the mountains |
Distribution | Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to Nevada.
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Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the northern Great Plains, also in northern and eastern Canada.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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