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Erigeron aphanactis

rayless shaggy fleabane
Habit Perennials, 2–20(–30) cm; taprooted, caudices branched.
Stems

erect to slightly decumbent-ascending, canescent-hirsute, densely stipitate-glandular.
Leaves

basal (persistent) and cauline (petioles prominently ciliate, at least on proximal portions, hairs thick-based, spreading);

basal blades linear-oblanceolate to spatulate, 20–80 × 2–7 mm;

cauline gradually or abruptly reduced distally, sometimes bractlike (stems scapiform), margins entire, faces canescent-hirsute, densely stipitate-glandular (hairs finer).
Involucres

4–6 × 7–15 mm.
Ray (pistillate) florets

30–45;

corollas usually tubular, lacking laminae, or laminae shorter than involucres.
Disc corollas

2.8–4.5 mm (throats white-indurate and inflated, conspicuously puberulent).
Phyllaries

in 2–3 series, coarsely hirsute, densely minutely glandular.
Heads

(disciform) 1–4.
Cypselae

1.5–1.8 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose (carpopodia whitish);

pappi: outer of scales or setae, inner of 7–20 bristles.

Erigeron aphanactis
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; OR; UT
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Erigeron aphanactis is distinguished from E. austiniae by its conspicuously puberulent (versus essentially glabrous) disc corollas and white (versus yellow) carpopodia; it also is similiar in habit and vestiture to E. concinnus, which has conspicuous white to pinkish rays.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Stems leafy; heads usually 2–3; disc corolla lobes usually yellowish
var. aphanactis
1. Stems scapiform; heads 1; disc corolla lobes sometimes becoming reddish or purplish
var. congestus
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 291.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron
Sibling taxa
E. abajoensis, E. acomanus, E. acris, E. aequifolius, E. algidus, E. aliceae, E. allocotus, E. alpiniformis, E. anchana, E. annuus, E. arenarioides, E. argentatus, E. arisolius, E. arizonicus, E. asperugineus, E. aureus, E. barbellulatus, E. basalticus, E. bellidiastrum, E. bigelovii, E. biolettii, E. blochmaniae, E. bloomeri, E. breweri, E. caespitosus, E. calvus, E. canaani, E. canus, E. cascadensis, E. cavernensis, E. cervinus, E. chrysopsidis, E. clokeyi, E. compactus, E. compositus, E. concinnus, E. consimilis, E. corymbosus, E. coulteri, E. cronquistii, E. davisii, E. decumbens, E. denalii, E. disparipilus, E. divergens, E. eatonii, E. elatior, E. elatus, E. elegantulus, E. elmeri, E. engelmannii, E. evermannii, E. eximius, E. filifolius, E. flabellifolius, E. flagellaris, E. flettii, E. foliosus, E. formosissimus, E. garrettii, E. geiseri, E. glabellus, E. glacialis, E. glaucus, E. goodrichii, E. gracilis, E. grandiflorus, E. greenei, E. heliographis, E. hessii, E. howellii, E. humilis, E. hyperboreus, E. hyssopifolius, E. inornatus, E. jonesii, E. kachinensis, E. karvinskianus, E. klamathensis, E. kuschei, E. lackschewitzii, E. lanatus, E. lassenianus, E. latus, E. leibergii, E. leiomerus, E. lemmonii, E. linearis, E. lobatus, E. lonchophyllus, E. maguirei, E. mancus, E. maniopotamicus, E. mariposanus, E. melanocephalus, E. miser, E. modestus, E. muirii, E. multiceps, E. nanus, E. nauseosus, E. nematophyllus, E. neomexicanus, E. nivalis, E. ochroleucus, E. oreganus, E. oreophilus, E. ovinus, E. oxyphyllus, E. pallens, E. parishii, E. parryi, E. peregrinus, E. petrophilus, E. philadelphicus, E. pinnatisectus, E. piperianus, E. piscaticus, E. poliospermus, E. porsildii, E. pringlei, E. procumbens, E. pulchellus, E. pulcherrimus, E. pumilus, E. purpuratus, E. pygmaeus, E. quercifolius, E. radicatus, E. reductus, E. religiosus, E. rhizomatus, E. robustior, E. rybius, E. rydbergii, E. salishii, E. salmonensis, E. sanctarum, E. saxatilis, E. sceptrifer, E. scopulinus, E. serpentinus, E. sionis, E. sivinskii, E. sparsifolius, E. speciosus, E. strigosus, E. subglaber, E. subtrinervis, E. supplex, E. tenellus, E. tener, E. tenuis, E. tracyi, E. trifidus, E. tweedyi, E. uintahensis, E. uncialis, E. uniflorus, E. untermannii, E. ursinus, E. utahensis, E. vagus, E. velutipes, E. vernus, E. versicolor, E. vetensis, E. vicinus, E. vreelandii, E. watsonii, E. wilkenii, E. yukonensis
Subordinate taxa
E. aphanactis var. aphanactis, E. aphanactis var. congestus
Synonyms E. concinnus var. aphanactis
Name authority (A. Gray) Greene: Fl. Francisc., 389. (1897)
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