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three-veined fleabane

Erigeron oreganus

Gorge fleabane, Oregon fleabane

Habit Perennial from a short, woody base, 1.5-8 dm. tall, the stems clustered, amply leafy, spreading-hairy throughout. Perennial from a stout, woody base and root, the lax stem 5-15 cm. long, covered with glands and loose, sticky hairs.
Leaves

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

Basal leaves tufted, spatulate to obovate, coarsely toothed or incised, up to 9 cm. long and 2.5 cm. wide;

cauline leaves well developed, broadly lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, up to 4 cm. long and 1 cm. wide.

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.

Heads 1-several in a leafy inflorescence, the disk 9-13 mm. wide;

involucre 5-7 mm. high, the bracts loose, equal, thin and green;

rays 30-60, pink or white to bluish; disk corollas 3.4-4.7 mm. long, yellow;

pappus simple, of 15-20 bristles that are curled and twisted above.

Erigeron subtrinervis

Erigeron oreganus

Flowering time July-September May-September
Habitat Moderately dry, open places at low to middle elevations. Moist shady cliffs and ledges.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Washington, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Occurring in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Columbia River Gorge in Washington to adjacent Gorge area in Oregon.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Threatened 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. speciosus, E. strigosus
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. peregrinus, E. philadelphicus, E. piperianus, E. poliospermus, E. pumilus, E. salishii, E. speciosus, E. strigosus, E. subtrinervis
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