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showy daisy, showy fleabane, splendid fleabane

Erigeron flettii

Flett's fleabane, Olympic Mt. fleabane

Habit Perennial from a short, woody base, 1.5-8 dm. tall, the stems clustered, amply leafy, glabrous below the inflorescence. Perennial from a stout, branched, woody base, 5-15 cm. high, the stem with sparse, spreading hairs.
Leaves

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

Leaves mostly basal, spatulate to oblanceolate, up to 5 cm. long and 12 mm. wide, mostly glabrous, with a few hairs on the leaf margins.

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, the disk 10-15 mm. wide;

involucre 6-8 mm. high, with a few soft hairs, and sometimes sticky;

rays 25-50, white, 7-10 mm. long and 1.5-2.5 mm. wide; disk corollas yellow, 3.5-4.5 mm. long;

pappus of 15-20 capillary bristles and numerous short, outer bristles.

Fruits

Achenes 2-nerved.

Achene

Erigeron speciosus

Erigeron flettii

Flowering time June-August June-August
Habitat Prairies and forest openings from the lowlands to middle elevations in the mountains. Cliffs and other rocky places in the subalpine and alpine.
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 in the Olympic Mountains in Washington, where endemic.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP)
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. 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. 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
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