Flora of North America species comparison

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Erigeron breweri var. breweri

Erigeron breweri var. bisanctus
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Brewer's daisy, Brewer's fleabane
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Brewer's erigeron, pious daisy
Habit 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. Plants (30–)40–75 cm; woody roots or caudices with elongate, slender caudex branches.
Stems

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

ascending-erect, not wiry or brittle.
Phyllaries

glabrous or sparsely hairy, densely glandular.

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

Erigeron breweri var. breweri

Erigeron breweri var. bisanctus
Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep. Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat Open, rocky sites, various vegetation types Open, dry slopes and washes
Elevation (1200–)1700–3000(–3100) m ((3900–)5600–9800(–10200) ft) 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
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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. 317.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron > Erigeron breweri Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron > Erigeron breweri
Sibling taxa
E. breweri var. bisanctus, E. breweri var. covillei, E. breweri var. jacinteus, E. breweri var. porphyreticus
E. breweri var. breweri, E. breweri var. covillei, E. breweri var. jacinteus, E. breweri var. porphyreticus
Name authority unknown G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 72: 170. (1992)
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