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foothill fleabane, San Rafael fleabane

Habit Perennials, 3–10 cm; taprooted, caudices branched.
Stems

erect (scapiform), finely strigose, eglandular.

Leaves

mostly basal (persistent; leaf bases broadened or not, not thickened and whitish-indurate);

blades linear, 4–20 × 0.7–1.5 mm, cauline bractlike or absent, margins entire, faces densely and finely strigose.

Involucres

6–8.5 × 11–22 mm.

Ray florets

30–55;

corollas white or pinkish, sometimes with an abaxial lilac midstripe or drying purplish, 7–11 mm (tube and lamina bases densely strigoso-hirsute), laminae coiling, sometimes tardily.

Disc corollas

4.3–6 mm.

Phyllaries

in 2–3(–4) series, hispido-hirsutulous (hairs relatively thick-based), inconspicuously glandular.

Heads

1.

Cypselae

2.8–3.2 mm, 2-nerved, margins sparsely to densely velutinous-ciliate, faces glabrous;

pappi: outer of setae, inner of 15–25(–35) bristles.

Erigeron consimilis

Phenology Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Sandy sites, semi-barrens, salt desert shrub, sagebrush, pinyon-juniper
Elevation 1600–2100 m (5200–6900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; UT
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 295.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron
Sibling taxa
E. abajoensis, E. acomanus, E. acris, E. aequifolius, E. algidus, E. aliceae, E. allocotus, E. alpiniformis, E. anchana, E. annuus, E. aphanactis, E. arenarioides, E. argentatus, E. arisolius, E. arizonicus, E. asperugineus, E. aureus, E. barbellulatus, E. basalticus, E. bellidiastrum, E. bigelovii, E. biolettii, E. blochmaniae, E. bloomeri, E. breweri, E. caespitosus, E. calvus, E. canaani, E. canus, E. cascadensis, E. cavernensis, E. cervinus, E. chrysopsidis, E. clokeyi, E. compactus, E. compositus, E. concinnus, E. corymbosus, E. coulteri, E. cronquistii, E. davisii, E. decumbens, E. denalii, E. disparipilus, E. divergens, E. eatonii, E. elatior, E. elatus, E. elegantulus, E. elmeri, E. engelmannii, E. evermannii, E. eximius, E. filifolius, E. flabellifolius, E. flagellaris, E. flettii, E. foliosus, E. formosissimus, E. garrettii, E. geiseri, E. glabellus, E. glacialis, E. glaucus, E. goodrichii, E. gracilis, E. grandiflorus, E. greenei, E. heliographis, E. hessii, E. howellii, E. humilis, E. hyperboreus, E. hyssopifolius, E. inornatus, E. jonesii, E. kachinensis, E. karvinskianus, E. klamathensis, E. kuschei, E. lackschewitzii, E. lanatus, E. lassenianus, E. latus, E. leibergii, E. leiomerus, E. lemmonii, E. linearis, E. lobatus, E. lonchophyllus, E. maguirei, E. mancus, E. maniopotamicus, E. mariposanus, E. melanocephalus, E. miser, E. modestus, E. muirii, E. multiceps, E. nanus, E. nauseosus, E. nematophyllus, E. neomexicanus, E. nivalis, E. ochroleucus, E. oreganus, E. oreophilus, E. ovinus, E. oxyphyllus, E. pallens, E. parishii, E. parryi, E. peregrinus, E. petrophilus, E. philadelphicus, E. pinnatisectus, E. piperianus, E. piscaticus, E. poliospermus, E. porsildii, E. pringlei, E. procumbens, E. pulchellus, E. pulcherrimus, E. pumilus, E. purpuratus, E. pygmaeus, E. quercifolius, E. radicatus, E. reductus, E. religiosus, E. rhizomatus, E. robustior, E. rybius, E. rydbergii, E. salishii, E. salmonensis, E. sanctarum, E. saxatilis, E. sceptrifer, E. scopulinus, E. serpentinus, E. sionis, E. sivinskii, E. sparsifolius, E. speciosus, E. strigosus, E. subglaber, E. subtrinervis, E. supplex, E. tenellus, E. tener, E. tenuis, E. tracyi, E. trifidus, E. tweedyi, E. uintahensis, E. uncialis, E. uniflorus, E. untermannii, E. ursinus, E. utahensis, E. vagus, E. velutipes, E. vernus, E. versicolor, E. vetensis, E. vicinus, E. vreelandii, E. watsonii, E. wilkenii, E. yukonensis
Synonyms E. compactus var. consimilis
Name authority Cronquist: Brittonia 6: 186. (1947)
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