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Brewer's fleabane, San Jacinto Mountains. daisy

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Brewer's erigeron, pious daisy

Habit Plants 7–15 cm; fibrous-rooted, relatively slender, rhizomelike bases, without strongly developed woody roots. Plants (30–)40–75 cm; woody roots or caudices with elongate, slender caudex branches.
Stems

prostrate to procumbent, not wiry or brittle. (Leaves 5–12 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. jacinteus

Erigeron breweri var. bisanctus

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep. Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat Open, rocky crests and slopes Open, dry slopes and washes
Elevation 2700–2900 m (8900–9500 ft) 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
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. 318. 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. covillei, E. breweri var. porphyreticus
E. breweri var. breweri, E. breweri var. covillei, E. breweri var. jacinteus, E. breweri var. porphyreticus
Synonyms E. jacinteus
Name authority (H. M. Hall) Cronquist: Brittonia 6: 284. (1947) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 72: 170. (1992)
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