Erigeron speciosus |
Erigeron disparipilus |
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showy daisy, showy fleabane, splendid fleabane |
Snake River fleabane, white cushion fleabane |
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Habit | Perennial from a short, woody base, 1.5-8 dm. tall, the stems clustered, amply leafy, glabrous below the inflorescence. | Perennial from a tap-root, 3-12 cm. high, the stem covered with very unequal, spreading hairs. |
Leaves | Leaves glabrous, triple-nerved, entire, the lower oblanceolate or spatulate, petiolate, mostly deciduous, the other becoming sessile but ample. |
Leaves nearly all in a basal cluster, finely stiff-hairy, linear or linear-oblanceolate, up to 4 cm. long and 2 mm. wide. |
Flowers | Heads 1-13 in a open inflorescence; involucre 6-9 mm. high, glandular; rays 65-150, blue or rarely white, 9-18 mm. long and 1 mm. wide; pappus 20-30 bristles, a few of the outer ones shorter. |
Heads solitary; involucres 5-7 mm. high, with spreading short hairs and often glandular as well; rays 30-60, white, pistillate, becoming pinkish, 5-10 mm. long and 1.5-2.3 mm. wide; disk flowers yellow; pappus of 15-25 capillary bristles. |
Fruits | Achenes 2-nerved. |
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Erigeron speciosus |
Erigeron disparipilus |
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Flowering time | June-August | May-July |
Habitat | Prairies and forest openings from the lowlands to middle elevations in the mountains. | Dry, rocky hillsides at low to middle elevations. |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in the Snake River area in southeastern Washington; southeastern Washington to southeastern Oregon, east to southwestern Idaho.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Sensitive in Washington (WANHP) |
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