Flora of North America species comparison

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Erigeron breweri var. breweri

Erigeron breweri var. covillei
Photo is of parent taxon

Brewer's daisy, Brewer's fleabane
Photo is of parent taxon

Coville erigeron, Coville's erigeron
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 relatively long and slender 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.

hispido-hirsute (hairs white, ascending, relatively thick-based, dense on outermost phyllaries, much less so on mid and inner), eglandular.

Erigeron breweri var. breweri

Erigeron breweri var. covillei
Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep. Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat Open, rocky sites, various vegetation types Open, rocky sites in sagebrush, chaparral, juniper
Elevation (1200–)1700–3000(–3100) m ((3900–)5600–9800(–10200) ft) 1000–1900 m (3300–6200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
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. bisanctus, E. breweri var. breweri, E. breweri var. jacinteus, E. breweri var. porphyreticus
Synonyms E. covillei, E. foliosus var. covillei
Name authority unknown (Greene) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 72: 172. (1992)
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