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Brewer's fleabane, San Jacinto Mountains. daisy

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Brewer's daisy, Brewer's fleabane

Habit Plants 7–15 cm; fibrous-rooted, relatively slender, rhizomelike bases, without strongly developed woody roots. 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

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

ascending-erect, usually not wiry or brittle. (Leaves mostly 15–35 mm).

Phyllaries

glabrous or sparsely hairy, densely glandular.

glabrous or sparsely hairy, densely glandular.

Erigeron breweri var. jacinteus

Erigeron breweri var. breweri

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep. Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Open, rocky crests and slopes Open, rocky sites, various vegetation types
Elevation 2700–2900 m (8900–9500 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. 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. bisanctus, 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) unknown
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