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leafy fleabane, thread stem fleabane

Photo is of parent taxon

Franciscan erigeron, San Francisco leafy 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.

without prominent 1-directional orientation;

blades 20–40 × 2–4 mm, apices mostly obtuse to rounded, faces sparsely to moderately strigose.

Ray florets

15–49;

corollas 6–10 mm.

28–48;

corollas 7–10 mm.

Disc corollas

3.5–4(–5) mm.

4.5–5 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 usually broadly scarious, midnerves prominent, raised, orange-resinous, abaxial faces moderately to densely strigoso-hirsute, densely, prominently glandular;

inner phyllaries (4–)5–6 mm.

2n

= 18.

Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus

Erigeron foliosus var. franciscensis

Phenology Flowering May–Aug(–Sep). Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat Dry, open, rocky or grassy slopes, chaparral, oak to pine or pine-fir woodlands Grassy dunes, chaparral, oak woodlands
Elevation (50–)300–2300(–2900) m ((200–)1000–7500(–9500) ft) 0–800 m (0–2600 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. confinis, E. foliosus var. foliosus, E. foliosus var. hartwegii, E. foliosus var. mendocinus
Synonyms E. foliosus var. stenophyllus, E. tenuissimus
Name authority unknown G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 72: 185. (1992)
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