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leafy fleabane, thread stem fleabane

Photo is of parent taxon

leafy fleabane

Stems

(10–)15–35(–50) cm.

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.

without prominent 1-directional orientation;

blades 20–35 × 0.5–1(–2) mm, apices acute to obtuse, faces glabrous or strigose to strigoso-hirsute.

Ray florets

15–49;

corollas 6–10 mm.

19–30;

corollas 9–12 mm.

Disc corollas

3.5–4(–5) mm.

3.5–5 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.

0.8–1 mm wide, margins narrowly to broadly scarious, midnerves usually not distinct and orange-resinous, abaxial faces glabrous, densely, prominently glandular;

inner phyllaries 4–5 mm.

2n

= 18.

Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus

Erigeron foliosus var. confinis

Phenology Flowering May–Aug(–Sep). Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Dry, open, rocky or grassy slopes, chaparral, oak to pine or pine-fir woodlands Rocky sites, chaparral to pine and fir woods, over a variety of soils, often on serpentine
Elevation (50–)300–2300(–2900) m ((200–)1000–7500(–9500) ft) (50–)100–1800(–2200) m ((200–)300–5900(–7200) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 312. FNA vol. 20, p. 312.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron > Erigeron foliosus Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron > Erigeron foliosus
Sibling taxa
E. foliosus var. confinis, E. foliosus var. franciscensis, E. foliosus var. hartwegii, E. foliosus var. mendocinus
E. foliosus var. foliosus, E. foliosus var. franciscensis, E. foliosus var. hartwegii, E. foliosus var. mendocinus
Synonyms E. foliosus var. stenophyllus, E. tenuissimus E. confinis
Name authority unknown (T. J. Howell) Jepson: Man. Fl. Pl. Calif., 1056. (1925)
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