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Erigeron piperianus

Piper's fleabane

Habit Perennial from a taproot and short, branched, woody base, the stem 3-10 cm. high and covered with short, stiff appressed hairs.
Leaves

Leaves mostly basal or lower-cauline, linear, lax and curved, up to 4 cm. long and 1.5 mm. wide, with short, stiff, sharp-pointed hairs on the margins and appressed- hairy on the surfaces, the lower leaves with conspicuously enlarged, hardened, whitish bases.

Flowers

Heads solitary or few, small, the disk 5-10 mm. wide;

involucre 3-5 mm. high, covered with long, white, stiff, spreading hairs;

rays 25-40, pistillate, yellow, 4-9 mm. long and 1.0-1.8 mm. wide; disk corollas 2.8-4.2 mm. long, yellow;

pappus of 15-25 capillary bristles.

Erigeron tweedyi

Erigeron piperianus

Flowering time May-June
Habitat Dry, open places, often in sandy soil among sagebrush.
Distribution
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Endemic to Washington, where occurring east of the Cascades crest from north-central to south-central Washington.
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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. poliospermus, E. pumilus, E. salishii, E. speciosus, E. strigosus, E. subtrinervis
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