Blooms: June - August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: British Columbia to Oregon, east to Wyoming; more common west of the Cascades.
Habitat: Open woods or openings in wooded areas, foothills to moderate elevations in the mountains.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: British Columbia to Oregon, east to Wyoming; more common west of the Cascades.
Habitat: Open woods or openings in wooded areas, foothills to moderate elevations in the mountains.
Species Description:
General: Perennial from a short, woody base, 1.5-8 dm. tall, the stems clustered, amply leafy, glabrous below the inflorescence.
Leaves: Leaves glabrous, triple-nerved, entire, the lower oblanceolate or spatulate, petiolate, mostly deciduous, the other becoming sessile but ample.
Flowers: Heads 1-13 in a open inflorescence; involucre 6-9 mm. high, glandular; rays 65-150, blue or rarely white, 9-18 mm. long and 1 mm. wide; pappus 20-30 bristles, a few of the outer ones shorter.
Fruits: Achenes 2-nerved.
General: Perennial from a short, woody base, 1.5-8 dm. tall, the stems clustered, amply leafy, glabrous below the inflorescence.
Leaves: Leaves glabrous, triple-nerved, entire, the lower oblanceolate or spatulate, petiolate, mostly deciduous, the other becoming sessile but ample.
Flowers: Heads 1-13 in a open inflorescence; involucre 6-9 mm. high, glandular; rays 65-150, blue or rarely white, 9-18 mm. long and 1 mm. wide; pappus 20-30 bristles, a few of the outer ones shorter.
Fruits: Achenes 2-nerved.
Accepted Name:
Erigeron speciosus (Lindl.) DC.Synonyms:
Erigeron speciosus (Lindl.) DC. var. macranthus (Nutt.) Cronquist
Erigeron speciosus (Lindl.) DC. var. speciosus
Stenactis speciosa Lindley
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Erigeron speciosus
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Erigeron speciosus specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Erigeron speciosus specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Erigeron speciosus treatment.
E-Flora BC: Erigeron speciosus atlas page.
CalPhotos: Erigeron speciosus images.
USDA Plants Database: Erigeron speciosus.
Rod Gilbert, 2003
Rod Gilbert, 2004
Rod Gilbert, 2004
Bud Kovalchik
Bud Kovalchik
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
Rod Gilbert , 2005
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
Craig Althen, 2010
G. D. Carr, 2010
G. D. Carr, 2010
G. D. Carr, 2010
G. D. Carr, 2010
Tony Peterson, 2011
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