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Gorge fleabane, Oregon fleabane
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Bloomer's fleabane, scabland 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. |
Perennial with a tap-root and branched, short woody base, 5-15 cm. tall, the herbage with fine, white hairs aligned in one direction. |
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. |
Leaves all in a basal cluster, linear, 2-7 cm. long and 0.7-2 mm. wide. |
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 solitary on long peduncles; involucre 5-10 mm. high, with soft hairs; ray and pistillate flowers absent; disk corollas 4.5-7 mm. long, yellow; pappus bristles 25-40, unequal. |
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Achenes glabrous below, short-hairy above. |
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| May-September |
June-August |
| Moist shady cliffs and ledges. |
Dry, open, rocky areas at low to moderate elevations |
Occurring in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Columbia River Gorge in Washington to adjacent Gorge area in Oregon.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in central and southeastern Washington; central Washington to California, east to Idaho and Nevada.
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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. acris, E. aliceae, E. annuus, E. aureus, E. basalticus, 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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