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Brewer's erigeron, pious daisy

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Brewer's fleabane, San Jacinto Mountains. daisy

Habit Plants (30–)40–75 cm; woody roots or caudices with elongate, slender caudex branches. Plants 7–15 cm; fibrous-rooted, relatively slender, rhizomelike bases, without strongly developed woody roots.
Stems

ascending-erect, not wiry or brittle.

prostrate to procumbent, not wiry or brittle. (Leaves 5–12 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. jacinteus

Phenology Flowering May–Sep. Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Open, dry slopes and washes Open, rocky crests and slopes
Elevation 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft) 2700–2900 m (8900–9500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA
[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. 318.
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. breweri, E. breweri var. covillei, E. breweri var. porphyreticus
Synonyms E. jacinteus
Name authority G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 72: 170. (1992) (H. M. Hall) Cronquist: Brittonia 6: 284. (1947)
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