Erigeron glacialis |
Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis |
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glacier fleabane, subalpine fleabane, wandering fleabane |
peregrine fleabane, subalpine daisy, subalpine fleabane, wandering fleabane |
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Habit | Perennials, 5–55(–70) cm; rhizomatous, fibrous-rooted, caudices usually simple, thick. | |||||
Stems | erect to ascending, hirsute or hirsuto-villous to densely strigillose (hairs loosely appressed, slightly crinkled), eglandular. |
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Leaves | basal (usually persistent) and cauline; basal blades linear-oblanceolate to broadly lanceolate or spatulate, (20–)30–160(–200) × 7–45 mm; cauline gradually reduced distally (bases distinctly subclasping, except when greatly reduced), margins entire, faces glabrous or glabrate, hirsute, or villous to sparsely villosulous, eglandular. |
faces glabrous or villous. |
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Peduncles | densely strigillose (hairs loosely appressed, slightly crinkled; most dense immediately proximal to heads). |
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Involucres | 6–9(–12) × 10–22(–25) mm. |
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Ray florets/ |
30–80; corollas usually blue to rose purple or pink, sometimes white to pale blue, 8–16(–25) mm (mostly 1.5–3 mm wide), laminae coiling. |
blue to purple or pink, less commonly white to pale blue. |
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Disc corollas | 3.8–6 mm. |
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Phyllaries | in 2–3(–4) series (faces and margins) usually glabrous, rarely sparsely villous (cross walls not colored), densely and evenly stipitate-glandular. |
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Heads | 1(–8). |
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Cypselae | 2.5–2.8 mm, (4–)5(–7)-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of setae, inner of 20–30 bristles. |
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Erigeron glacialis |
Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | |||||
Habitat | Moist or wet subalpine meadows, sometimes dry slopes, roadsides, glacial moraines, openings among aspen, pines, or fir | |||||
Elevation | 1300–3800 m (4300–12500 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
AK; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; YT
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AK; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; YT |
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 329. | FNA vol. 20, p. 329. | ||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron > Erigeron glacialis | ||||
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Synonyms | Aster glacialis, E. salsuginosus var. glacialis | E. callianthemus, E. peregrinus var. angustifolius, E. peregrinus subsp. callianthemus, E. peregrinus var. callianthemus, E. peregrinus var. scaposus | ||||
Name authority | (Nuttall) A. Nelson: Bot. Gaz. 37: 270. (1904) | unknown | ||||
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