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three-veined fleabane

Habit Perennial from a short, woody base, 1.5-8 dm. tall, the stems clustered, amply leafy, spreading-hairy throughout.
Leaves

Leaves triple-nerved, entire, the lower oblanceolate or spatulate, petiolate, mostly deciduous, the other becoming sessile but ample.

Flowers

Heads 1-13 in a open inflorescence;

involucre 6-9 mm. high;

rays 65-150, blue or rarely white or pink, 9-18 mm. long and 1 mm. wide;

pappus 20-30 bristles, a few of the outer ones shorter.

Erigeron rydbergii

Erigeron subtrinervis

Flowering time July-September
Habitat Moderately dry, open places at low to middle elevations.
Distribution
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Washington, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Origin Native
Conservation status 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. poliospermus, E. pumilus, E. salishii, E. speciosus, E. strigosus, E. subtrinervis
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. poliospermus, E. pumilus, E. salishii, E. speciosus, E. strigosus
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