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Erigeron corymbosus
foothill fleabane, longleaf fleabane
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Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to eastern Oregon, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Utah.

Habitat: Open, usually dry places, often among sagebrush.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, butterflies, flies, apomixis?

Description:
General:

Perennial with a tap-root, 1-5 dm. tall, sub-erect, generally purplish at the base, the herbage covered densely with short, spreading hairs.

Leaves:

Basal leaves triple-nerved, elongate, acute, tapering gradually below, up to 25 cm. long including the petiole, and 1 cm. wide; cauline leaves reduced.

Flowers:

Heads 1-16 in an open inflorescence; involucres 5-7 mm. high, grey-hairy, its bracts somewhat imbricate; rays 35-65, pistillate, deep blue or occasionally pink, 7-13 mm. long; pappus double, the inner of 20-30 bristles.

Accepted Name:
Erigeron corymbosus Nutt.
Publication: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 308. 1840.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Erigeron corymbosus in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WA Flora Checklist: Erigeron corymbosus checklist entry.

OregonFlora: Erigeron corymbosus information.

E-Flora BC: Erigeron corymbosus atlas page.

CalPhotos: Erigeron corymbosus photos.

USDA Plants: Erigeron corymbosus information.

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