Erigeron asperugineus |
Erigeron speciosus |
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Idaho daisy, Idaho fleabane |
aspen fleabane, showy daisy, showy fleabane, splendid fleabane |
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Habit | Perennials, 2–20 cm; slenderly taprooted, caudices usually branched. | Perennials, 30–80(–100) cm; rhizomatous, fibrous-rooted, caudices relatively thick. |
Stems | usually decumbent-ascending, moderately to densely hirsutulous to hirtellous (hairs usually deflexed), eglandular. |
erect, glabrous or sparsely hirsuto-pilose (hairs 0.5–1 mm), often minutely glandular distally. |
Leaves | basal (persistent) and cauline; basal blades 1-nerved or weakly 3-nerved, spatulate, rhombic-elliptic to obovate or oblanceolate (often folding), 20–50(–80) × 3–10(–13) mm; cauline gradually or abruptly reduced and linear distally (bases abruptly contracted to petioles), margins entire, faces moderately to densely hirsutulous, eglandular. |
basal (usually withering by flowering) and cauline; basal blades oblanceolate-spatulate, 30–80(–150) × 4–18(–28) mm, margins entire, often ciliate (main veins sometimes also), faces glabrous, eglandular or distal sparsely minutely glandular; cauline blades ovate to ovate-lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, or lanceolate, nearly even-sized distally or sometimes mid largest (continuing to immediately below heads, bases usually clasping to subclasping). |
Involucres | 5–9 × 7–14 mm. |
6–9 × 11–22 mm. |
Ray florets | 10–25; corollas deep blue or violet to rose-purple, 5–10 mm, laminae not coiling or reflexing. |
75–150; corollas blue to lavender, rarely whitish, 8–16 mm (mostly 1 mm wide), laminae slightly coiling at least at tips. |
Disc corollas | 4.2–6.3 mm. |
4–5 mm. |
Phyllaries | in 3–4 series (tips and margins often purple), sparsely to moderately hirsutulous, densely minutely glandular. |
in 2–3(–4) series, usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hirsuto-pilose, minutely glandular. |
Heads | 1(–2). |
(2–)4–20 in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | 2.5–3.1 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of setae, inner of 20–30 bristles. |
1.5–1.8 mm, 2(–4)-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of setae, inner of 20–30 bristles. |
Erigeron asperugineus |
Erigeron speciosus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | Flowering Jul–Oct. |
Habitat | Rocky or gravelly slopes and ridges, talus, sagebrush or meadow edges, limber pine, whitebark pine, fir-pine | Dry or moist, gravelly or loamy soil, prairies, yellow pine, pine-fir, spruce-fir, aspen-spruce |
Elevation | (2100–)2500–3300 m ((6900–)8200–10800 ft) | (600–)900–3400 m ((2000–)3000–11200 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; NV; UT
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AZ; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; SD; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Erigeron asperugineus sometimes is very similar in aspect to E. clokeyi var. pinzliae; the latter differs in its narrower leaves, coarsely ciliate petioles, broader and non-reflexing rays, and shorter cypselae. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
The population in Baja California is disjunct from the closest range in Arizona and northern Nevada. Plants glabrous and glandular on the phyllaries, stems, and leaves have been recognized as var. macranthus; they intergrade with hairier forms and do not show a coherent geographic pattern. Plants commonly identified as Erigeron subtrinervis var. conspicuus usually have stems sparsely hirsuto-pilose with hairs 1–1.5 mm, and the leaves commonly are ciliate on the margins and veins. As implied in the nomenclatural combination by Breitung, those plants are more similar to E. speciosus than to E. subtrinervis, and they apparently show part of the greater variability of E. speciosus in the northwestern part of its range (Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming), where more typical plants also occur. Erigeron speciosus and E. subtrinervis are sympatric over large parts of their ranges and appear to be at least partially reproductively isolated entities, although intermediates are frequently encountered. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 306. | FNA vol. 20, p. 330. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron |
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Synonyms | Aster asperugineus | Stenactis speciosa, E. conspicuus, E. macranthus, E. speciosus var. conspicuus, E. speciosus var. macranthus, E. subtrinervis subsp. conspicuus, E. subtrinervis var. conspicuus |
Name authority | (D. C. Eaton) A. Gray: Notes Compositae, 91. (1880) | (Lindley) de Candolle: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 284. (1836) |
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