Erigeron neomexicanus |
Erigeron disparipilus |
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Snake River fleabane, white cushion fleabane |
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Habit | Perennial from a tap-root, 3-12 cm. high, the stem covered with very unequal, spreading hairs. | |
Leaves | Leaves nearly all in a basal cluster, finely stiff-hairy, linear or linear-oblanceolate, up to 4 cm. long and 2 mm. wide. |
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Flowers | Heads solitary; involucres 5-7 mm. high, with spreading short hairs and often glandular as well; rays 30-60, white, pistillate, becoming pinkish, 5-10 mm. long and 1.5-2.3 mm. wide; disk flowers yellow; pappus of 15-25 capillary bristles. |
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Erigeron neomexicanus |
Erigeron disparipilus |
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Flowering time | May-July | |
Habitat | Dry, rocky hillsides at low to middle elevations. | |
Distribution | Occurring east of the Cascades crest in the Snake River area in southeastern Washington; southeastern Washington to southeastern Oregon, east to southwestern Idaho.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Sensitive in Washington (WANHP) | |
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