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three-veined fleabane
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foothill fleabane, longleaf fleabane
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| Perennial from a short, woody base, 1.5-8 dm. tall, the stems clustered, amply leafy, spreading-hairy throughout. |
Perennial with a tap-root, 1-5 dm. tall, sub-erect, generally purplish at the base, the herbage covered densely with short, spreading hairs. |
Leaves triple-nerved, entire, the lower oblanceolate or spatulate, petiolate, mostly deciduous, the other becoming sessile but ample. |
Basal leaves triple-nerved, elongate, acute, tapering gradually below, up to 25 cm. long including the petiole, and 1 cm. wide; cauline leaves reduced. |
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. |
Heads 1-16 in an open inflorescence; involucres 5-7 mm. high, grey-hairy, its bracts somewhat imbricate; rays 35-65, pistillate, deep blue or occasionally pink, 7-13 mm. long; pappus double, the inner of 20-30 bristles. |
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| July-September |
June-August |
| Moderately dry, open places at low to middle elevations. |
Open, usually dry places, often among sagebrush. |
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Washington, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to eastern Oregon, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Utah.
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| Native |
Native |
| Not of concern |
Not of concern |
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. acris, E. aliceae, E. annuus, E. aureus, E. basalticus, E. bloomeri, E. caespitosus, E. chrysopsidis, E. compositus, 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 |
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