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Erigeron pumilus
shaggy fleabane
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Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Great Plains.

Habitat: Open places in the foothills, valleys and plains, often among sagebrush.

Flowers: May-July

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, butterflies, flies, apomixis?

Description:
General:

Perennial from a woody base and taproot, the stem 5-50 cm. tall, the herbage copiously spreading-hairy.

Leaves:

Leaves basal and cauline, oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, up to 8 cm. long and 8 mm. wide.

Flowers:

Heads several, the disk 7-15 mm. wide; involucre 4-7 mm. high, the bracts narrow, spreading-hairy; rays 50-100, 0.7-1.5 mm. wide, usually white, occasionally pale blue or pink; disk corollas 3.5-5 mm. long, slender, yellow but paler below; pappus of capillary bristles, with an outer row of shorter bristles.

Fruits:

Achenes slightly hairy.

Accepted Name:
Erigeron pumilus Nutt.
Publication: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 147. 1818.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Infraspecies:
Additional Resources:

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

WA Flora Checklist: Erigeron pumilus checklist entry

OregonFlora: Erigeron pumilus information

E-Flora BC: Erigeron pumilus atlas page

CalPhotos: Erigeron pumilus photos

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