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hairy-seeded daisy, cushion fleabane

golden fleabane

Habit Taprooted perennial with short-branched, woody base; stems to 15 cm. high; plants more or less spreading-hairy and glandular throughout. Perennial from a short, branched woody base, 2-15 cm. tall, covered with fine, short hairs.
Leaves

Basal leaves linear-oblanceolate to spatulate, up to 8 cm. long and 12 mm. wide, the cauline leaves reduced.

Basal leaves petiolate, with elliptical to obovate, broadly rounded blade up to 13 mm. wide;

cauline leaves few and reduced.

Flowers

Heads solitary, hemispheric, the disk 9-20 mm. wide;

involucre 5-9 mm. high;

rays 15-45, pale pink or purple to deep violet, 4-15 mm. long and 1.3-3.6 mm. wide;

pappus of 20-30 capillary bristles.

Heads solitary, the disks 7-16 mm. wide;

involucre 5-8 mm. high, its bracts loose, equal, herbaceous, often purplish, white-woolly;

rays 25-70, yellow, 6-9 mm. long and 1.4-2.5 mm. wide; disk corollas 3.6-4.9 mm. long, yellow;

pappus of 10-20 capillary bristles.

Fruits

Achenes densely covered with long, silky hairs.

Achene

Erigeron poliospermus

Erigeron aureus

Flowering time April-June June-August.
Habitat Dry, open, typically rocky areas, often with sagebrush. Exposed rocky areas, cliffs, and ridges in subalpine to alpine areas.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to western Idaho.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Washington, east to Alberta.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
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. oreganus, E. peregrinus, E. philadelphicus, E. piperianus, E. pumilus, E. salishii, E. speciosus, E. strigosus, E. subtrinervis
E. acris, E. aliceae, E. annuus, 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
Subordinate taxa
E. poliospermus var. cereus, E. poliospermus var. poliospermus
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