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Brewer's erigeron, pious daisy

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Brewer's daisy, Brewer's fleabane

Habit Plants (30–)40–75 cm; woody roots or caudices with elongate, slender caudex branches. Plants 12–40 cm (short form) or 30–60 cm (tall form); slender, fibrous-rooted, rhizomelike bases, strongly developed woody roots usually apparently 0 or not collected.
Stems

ascending-erect, not wiry or brittle.

ascending-erect, usually not wiry or brittle. (Leaves mostly 15–35 mm).

Phyllaries

strigoso-hirsute (hairs white, ascending-appressed, relatively thin-based, gradually and slightly reduced in density from outer to inner phyllaries), eglandular.

glabrous or sparsely hairy, densely glandular.

Erigeron breweri var. bisanctus

Erigeron breweri var. breweri

Phenology Flowering May–Sep. Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Open, dry slopes and washes Open, rocky sites, various vegetation types
Elevation 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft) (1200–)1700–3000(–3100) m ((3900–)5600–9800(–10200) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA; NV
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 317. FNA vol. 20, p. 317.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron > Erigeron breweri Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron > Erigeron breweri
Sibling taxa
E. breweri var. breweri, E. breweri var. covillei, E. breweri var. jacinteus, E. breweri var. porphyreticus
E. breweri var. bisanctus, E. breweri var. covillei, E. breweri var. jacinteus, E. breweri var. porphyreticus
Name authority G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 72: 170. (1992) unknown
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