Erigeron oreganus |
Erigeron strigosus |
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Gorge fleabane, Oregon fleabane |
branched fleabane, daisy 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. | Mostly annual, 3-7 dm. tall, with scanty foliage. |
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. |
Leaves all cauline, entire, linear to lanceolate. |
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. |
Heads several to numerous, small; involucre 2.5-5 mm. high, hairy and somewhat glandular; rays 50-100, pistillate, white, up to 6 mm. long and 0.4-1 mm. wide; disk corollas 1.5-2.6 mm. long, yellow; pappus of 10-15 very fragile bristles and some short, slender scales, the bristles wanting in the ray flowers. |
Erigeron oreganus |
Erigeron strigosus |
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Flowering time | May-September | May-October |
Habitat | Moist shady cliffs and ledges. | Roadsides, fields, thickets, forest edge, and other open, disturbed areas from low to middle 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 on both sides of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Threatened in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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