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Erigeron elegantulus
Greene
No occurrences found
Family:
Asteraceae
blue dwarf fleabane
[
Erigeron linearis var. elegantulus
(Greene) J. T. Howell]
Morse, Keir
FNA
Resources
Guy L. Nesom in Flora of North America (vol. 20)
Perennials,
3-15 cm; taprooted, caudices branched.
Stems
erect to slightly basally ascending, sparsely white-strigose, eglandular.
Leaves
mostly basal (usually persistent); blades linear, 15-50(-60) × 0.5-1 mm, cauline reduced and only on proximal
1
/ 3 of stems (bases abruptly widened, thickened, white-indurate, sheathing stems), margins entire, faces loosely strigose.
Heads
1.
Involucres
3.5-5 × 6-11 mm.
Phyllaries
in 3-4 series, sparsely and loosely strigose, eglandular.
Ray florets
15-25; corollas blue to pale lavender or pinkish, 6-9 mm, laminae weakly coiling.
Disc corollas
3.4-5 mm.
Cypselae
1.8-2 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose;
pappi:
outer of setae, inner of 20-30 bristles.
2
n
= 27. Flowering Jun-Jul. Open rocky sites, especially in volcanic substrate, sagebrush-scrub, juniper woodland, montane coniferous; 1000-2700 m; Calif., Oreg.
Morse, Keir
Morse, Keir
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