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Uinta fleabane

Habit Perennials, 20–50 cm; rhizomatous to subrhizomatous, fibrous-rooted, caudices usually branched, thick, woody.
Stems

erect, sparsely hirsuto-pilose (hairs 1–2 mm), sometimes minutely glandular.

Leaves

basal (usually withering by flowering) and cauline;

basal blades oblanceolate to oblanceolate-spatulate, 30–100 × 8–20 mm, margins entire, ciliate, faces sparsely hirsuto-pilose, minutely glandular;

cauline blades lanceolate to oblong, oblong-ovate, or broadly ovate, nearly even-sized distally or sometimes mid largest (continuing to immediately proximal to heads, bases clasping to subclasping).

Involucres

5.5–7 × 12–18 mm.

Ray florets

75–125;

corollas blue to lavender, 9–15 mm (ca. 1 mm wide), laminae coiling at tips.

Disc corollas

4.4–5 mm.

Phyllaries

in 2–3(–4) series, sparsely hirsute-pilose, densely minutely glandular.

Heads

1–5 (in corymbiform arrays).

Cypselae

1.6–2 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose;

pappi: outer of setae, inner of 20–25 bristles.

2n

= 36.

Erigeron uintahensis

Phenology Flowering (Jun–)Jul–Aug.
Habitat Sagebrush, mountain brush, ponderosa pine, aspen, spruce-fir, alpine meadows
Elevation 2000–3400 m (6600–11200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; UT; WY
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Intergrades occur with Erigeron subtrinervis and E. speciosus.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 330.
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. consimilis, 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. 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. speciosus var. uintahensis
Name authority Cronquist: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 70: 270. (1943)
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