Flora of North America species comparison

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Erigeron breweri var. covillei

Erigeron breweri var. breweri
Photo is of parent taxon

Coville erigeron, Coville's erigeron
Photo is of parent taxon

Brewer's daisy, Brewer's fleabane
Habit Plants (30–)40–75 cm; woody roots or caudices with relatively long and slender 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

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

glabrous or sparsely hairy, densely glandular.

Erigeron breweri var. covillei

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