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Coville erigeron, Coville's erigeron

Habit Plants (30–)40–75 cm; woody roots or caudices with relatively long and slender branches.
Stems

ascending-erect, not wiry or brittle.

Phyllaries

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

Erigeron breweri var. covillei

Phenology Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat Open, rocky sites in sagebrush, chaparral, juniper
Elevation 1000–1900 m (3300–6200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 317.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron > Erigeron breweri
Sibling taxa
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 (Greene) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 72: 172. (1992)
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