Erigeron leibergii |
Erigeron salishii |
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Leiberg's fleabane |
Salish fleabane, star peak fleabane |
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Habit | Perennial from a stout, branched, woody base, 7-25 cm. tall, herbage with soft, curled hairs and stalked glands. | Perennial from a taproot and branched crown, forming dense cushions, the simple, erect, scape-like stems 1.5-7 cm. high, pubescent. |
Leaves | Basal leaves broadly oblanceolate to elliptic, entire or with fine teeth, up to 12 cm. long and 2 cm. wide; cauline leaves several, fairly well developed, oblanceolate to elliptic. |
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 1-5, the disk 7-14 mm. wide; involucre 5-8 mm. high, the bracts sub-equal, thin, green, loose; rays 20-45, pistillate, blue or pink, rarely white, 5-12 mm. long and 1.3-2 mm. wide; disk corollas 3-4.3 mm. long, yellow; pappus of 12-16 capillary 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 | Achenes 2-2.6 mm. long, 2-nerved. |
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Erigeron leibergii |
Erigeron salishii |
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Flowering time | June-August | July-September |
Habitat | Cliffs and rocky places at moderate to high elevations in the mountains. | Cliffs, ridges, ledges and gravelly slopes at mid- to high elevations in the mountains. |
Distribution | Occurring east of the Cascades crest in In the Wenatchee Mountains of Okanogan, Chelan and Kittitas counties; British Columbia to Washington.
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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 | Not of concern | Sensitive in Washington (WANHP) |
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