Erigeron oreganus |
Erigeron lonchophyllus |
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Gorge fleabane, Oregon fleabane |
short-rayed fleabane, spear-leaved fleabane |
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Habit | Perennial from a stout, woody base and root, the lax stem 5-15 cm. long, covered with glands and loose, sticky hairs. | Weak-rooted biennial or short-lived perennial, erect, 2-60 cm. tall, the stem covered with spreading, short, stiff, blunt hairs. |
Leaves | 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, up to 15 cm. long and 12 mm. wide; cauline leaves linear, often elongate. |
Flowers | 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. |
Peduncles erect, the lower heads surpassed by the subtending leaves, or the heads solitary; involucre 4-9 mm. high, hairy but not glandular, its bracts imbricate, pointed and purple-tipped; pistillate flowers numerous, with erect, inconspicuous white rays 2-3 mm. long and 0.25-0.5 mm. wide; disk corollas 3.5-5 mm. long, shorter than the 20-30 pappus bristles. |
Erigeron oreganus |
Erigeron lonchophyllus |
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Flowering time | May-September | July-August |
Habitat | Moist shady cliffs and ledges. | Streambanks, bogs, ponds, wet meadows, ditches, gravelly places along roads at middle to high elevations. |
Distribution | 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 northern Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and eastern Canada.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Threatened in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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