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Coville erigeron, Coville's erigeron

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Brewer's fleabane, San Jacinto Mountains. daisy

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

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. jacinteus

Phenology Flowering May–Sep. Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Open, rocky sites in sagebrush, chaparral, juniper Open, rocky crests and slopes
Elevation 1000–1900 m (3300–6200 ft) 2700–2900 m (8900–9500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
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. bisanctus, E. breweri var. breweri, 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. covillei, E. foliosus var. covillei E. jacinteus
Name authority (Greene) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 72: 172. (1992) (H. M. Hall) Cronquist: Brittonia 6: 284. (1947)
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