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Gorge fleabane, Oregon fleabane
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bitter fleabane
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| Perennial from a stout, woody base and root, the lax stem 5-15 cm. long, covered with glands and loose, sticky hairs. |
Biennial or perennial, 0.5-8 dm. tall, often covered with stiff, blunt hairs. |
Basal leaves tufted, spatulate to obovate, coarsely toothed or incised, up to 9 cm. long and 2.5 cm. wide; cauline leaves well developed, broadly lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, up to 4 cm. long and 1 cm. wide. |
Basal leaves oblanceolate or spatulate, the cauline ones ample to strongly reduced, lance-ovate to linear-oblong; |
Heads 1-several in a leafy inflorescence, the disk 9-13 mm. wide; involucre 5-7 mm. high, the bracts loose, equal, thin and green; rays 30-60, pink or white to bluish; disk corollas 3.4-4.7 mm. long, yellow; pappus simple, of 15-20 bristles that are curled and twisted above. |
Heads usually several on somewhat glandular, curved peduncles; involucral bracts tapered and pointed; rays pistillate, numerous, erect, inconspicuous, white, up to 4 mm. long and 0.4 mm. wide; inner pistillate flowers rayless; pappus surpassing the disk flowers. |
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| May-September |
June-September |
| Moist shady cliffs and ledges. |
Meadows, forest openings, and open slopes from middle elevations to the subalpine. |
Occurring in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Columbia River Gorge in Washington to adjacent Gorge area in Oregon.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America; circumboreal.
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| Native |
Native |
| Threatened in Washington (WANHP) |
Not of concern |
E. acris, E. aliceae, E. annuus, E. aureus, E. basalticus, E. bloomeri, E. caespitosus, E. chrysopsidis, E. compositus, E. corymbosus, E. davisii, E. disparipilus, E. divergens, E. eatonii, E. elatus, E. filifolius, E. flettii, E. glacialis, E. howellii, E. inornatus, E. karvinskianus, E. leibergii, E. linearis, E. lonchophyllus, E. nivalis, E. peregrinus, E. philadelphicus, E. piperianus, E. poliospermus, E. pumilus, E. salishii, E. speciosus, E. strigosus, E. subtrinervis |
E. aliceae, E. annuus, E. aureus, E. basalticus, E. bloomeri, E. caespitosus, E. chrysopsidis, E. compositus, E. corymbosus, E. davisii, E. disparipilus, E. divergens, E. eatonii, E. elatus, E. filifolius, E. flettii, E. glacialis, E. howellii, E. inornatus, E. karvinskianus, E. leibergii, E. linearis, E. lonchophyllus, E. nivalis, E. oreganus, E. peregrinus, E. philadelphicus, E. piperianus, E. poliospermus, E. pumilus, E. salishii, E. speciosus, E. strigosus, E. subtrinervis |
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BC, 
OR, 
WA
Flora NW, 
PNW Herbaria
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database
