Erigeron pumilus |
Erigeron maniopotamicus |
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shaggy fleabane |
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Habit | Perennial from a woody base and taproot, the stem 5-50 cm. tall, the herbage copiously spreading-hairy. | |
Leaves | Leaves basal and cauline, oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, up to 8 cm. long and 8 mm. wide. |
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Flowers | Heads several, the disk 7-15 mm. wide; involucre 4-7 mm. high, the bracts narrow, spreading-hairy; rays 50-100, 0.7-1.5 mm. wide, usually white, occasionally pale blue or pink; disk corollas 3.5-5 mm. long, slender, yellow but paler below; pappus of capillary bristles, with an outer row of shorter bristles. |
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Fruits | Achenes slightly hairy. |
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Erigeron pumilus |
Erigeron maniopotamicus |
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Flowering time | May-July | |
Habitat | Open places in the foothills, valleys and plains, often among sagebrush. | |
Distribution | Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Great Plains.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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