Flora of North America species comparison

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Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus
Photo is of parent taxon

leafy fleabane, thread stem fleabane
Leaves

without prominent 1-directional orientation;

blades (filiform or linear to oblanceolate) 20–40(–50) × 1–5(–10) mm, apices usually rounded, faces sparsely strigose to hirsuto-strigose.
Ray florets

15–49;

corollas 6–10 mm.
Disc corollas

3.5–4(–5) mm.
Phyllaries

0.5–0.8 mm wide, margins usually thick or only with narrow scarious rims, midnerves usually not distinct and orange-resinous, abaxial faces glabrate to sparsely strigose, sometimes sparsely, obscurely glandular;

inner phyllaries 3.2–4.5 mm.
2n

= 18.

Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus
Phenology Flowering May–Aug(–Sep).
Habitat Dry, open, rocky or grassy slopes, chaparral, oak to pine or pine-fir woodlands
Elevation (50–)300–2300(–2900) m ((200–)1000–7500(–9500) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 312.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron > Erigeron foliosus
Sibling taxa
E. foliosus var. confinis, E. foliosus var. franciscensis, E. foliosus var. hartwegii, E. foliosus var. mendocinus
Synonyms E. foliosus var. stenophyllus, E. tenuissimus
Name authority unknown
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