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Lemmon's fleabane

Biolett's fleabane, Bioletti's fleabane, streamside daisy

Habit Perennials, 10–25(–60) cm; taprooted. Perennials, 30–90 cm; taprooted, caudices woody, branches ascending, usually basally purplish.
Stems

decumbent-ascending to prostrate (greenish, sometimes producing erect branches), hirsute to hispido-pilose, minutely glandular.

ascending-erect, glabrous or sparsely hispid to hispido-pilose, densely glandular.

Leaves

basal (not persistent) and cauline; (greenish) proximal blades oblanceolate to obovate, 5–12 × 1–3 mm, reduced distally, margins with 1–2 pairs of teeth or shallow lobes, distal entire, faces piloso-hirsute, densely minutely glandular.

cauline;

blades narrowly oblanceolate, 20–40 × 2–4(–5) mm, generally even-sized, margins entire, faces often sparsely hispid or hispido-pilose, densely glandular.

Involucres

2.5–4 × 5–10 mm.

6–8 × 12–15 mm.

Ray florets

42–60, corollas white, without abaxial midstripe, 3–7 mm, laminae not coiling or reflexing.

Ray (pistillate) florets

0.

Disc corollas

1.8–2.4 mm.

4.5–6.5 mm (throats slightly indurate, not inflated).

Phyllaries

in 2–3(–4) series (erect, apices appressed), sparsely piloso-hirsute, minutely glandular.

in 3–5 series (usually purple apically), glabrous, densely minutely glandular.

Heads

1–3.

(discoid) (1–)2–15 in loosely corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

1–1.2 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose;

pappi: outer of setae, inner of 7–10 bristles.

2–2.5 mm, 2-nerved, faces glabrous;

pappi: outer of setae, inner of 22–38 bristles.

Erigeron lemmonii

Erigeron biolettii

Phenology Flowering Aug–Oct(–Dec). Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Crevices and ledges of vertical cliffs and rock faces, pine-oak Dry slopes, pine woods, mixed forest, rocks and ledges along rivers
Elevation 1900–2200(–2700) m (6200–7200(–8900) ft) 50–1100 m (200–3600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA
[WildflowerSearch map]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Erigeron lemmonii is found only in the Scheelite Canyon, Huachuca Mountains (Cochise County), on Fort Huachuca Military Reservation. The basal portion of the stems may be “subnaked and rhizomatous in appearance, but apparently not subterranean” (A. Cronquist 1947).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 342. FNA vol. 20, p. 314.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron
Sibling taxa
E. abajoensis, E. acomanus, E. acris, E. aequifolius, E. algidus, E. aliceae, E. allocotus, E. alpiniformis, E. anchana, E. annuus, E. aphanactis, E. arenarioides, E. argentatus, E. arisolius, E. arizonicus, E. asperugineus, E. aureus, E. barbellulatus, E. basalticus, E. bellidiastrum, E. bigelovii, E. biolettii, E. blochmaniae, E. bloomeri, E. breweri, E. caespitosus, E. calvus, E. canaani, E. canus, E. cascadensis, E. cavernensis, E. cervinus, E. chrysopsidis, E. clokeyi, E. compactus, E. compositus, E. concinnus, E. consimilis, E. corymbosus, E. coulteri, E. cronquistii, E. davisii, E. decumbens, E. denalii, E. disparipilus, E. divergens, E. eatonii, E. elatior, E. elatus, E. elegantulus, E. elmeri, E. engelmannii, E. evermannii, E. eximius, E. filifolius, E. flabellifolius, E. flagellaris, E. flettii, E. foliosus, E. formosissimus, E. garrettii, E. geiseri, E. glabellus, E. glacialis, E. glaucus, E. goodrichii, E. gracilis, E. grandiflorus, E. greenei, E. heliographis, E. hessii, E. howellii, E. humilis, E. hyperboreus, E. hyssopifolius, E. inornatus, E. jonesii, E. kachinensis, E. karvinskianus, E. klamathensis, E. kuschei, E. lackschewitzii, E. lanatus, E. lassenianus, E. latus, E. leibergii, E. leiomerus, E. linearis, E. lobatus, E. lonchophyllus, E. maguirei, E. mancus, E. maniopotamicus, E. mariposanus, E. melanocephalus, E. miser, E. modestus, E. muirii, E. multiceps, E. nanus, E. nauseosus, E. nematophyllus, E. neomexicanus, E. nivalis, E. ochroleucus, E. oreganus, E. oreophilus, E. ovinus, E. oxyphyllus, E. pallens, E. parishii, E. parryi, E. peregrinus, E. petrophilus, E. philadelphicus, E. pinnatisectus, E. piperianus, E. piscaticus, E. poliospermus, E. porsildii, E. pringlei, E. procumbens, E. pulchellus, E. pulcherrimus, E. pumilus, E. purpuratus, E. pygmaeus, E. quercifolius, E. radicatus, E. reductus, E. religiosus, E. rhizomatus, E. robustior, E. rybius, E. rydbergii, E. salishii, E. salmonensis, E. sanctarum, E. saxatilis, E. sceptrifer, E. scopulinus, E. serpentinus, E. sionis, E. sivinskii, E. sparsifolius, E. speciosus, E. strigosus, E. subglaber, E. subtrinervis, E. supplex, E. tenellus, E. tener, E. tenuis, E. tracyi, E. trifidus, E. tweedyi, E. uintahensis, E. uncialis, E. uniflorus, E. untermannii, E. ursinus, E. utahensis, E. vagus, E. velutipes, E. vernus, E. versicolor, E. vetensis, E. vicinus, E. vreelandii, E. watsonii, E. wilkenii, E. yukonensis
E. abajoensis, E. acomanus, E. acris, E. aequifolius, E. algidus, E. aliceae, E. allocotus, E. alpiniformis, E. anchana, E. annuus, E. aphanactis, E. arenarioides, E. argentatus, E. arisolius, E. arizonicus, E. asperugineus, E. aureus, E. barbellulatus, E. basalticus, E. bellidiastrum, E. bigelovii, E. blochmaniae, E. bloomeri, E. breweri, E. caespitosus, E. calvus, E. canaani, E. canus, E. cascadensis, E. cavernensis, E. cervinus, E. chrysopsidis, E. clokeyi, E. compactus, E. compositus, E. concinnus, E. consimilis, E. corymbosus, E. coulteri, E. cronquistii, E. davisii, E. decumbens, E. denalii, E. disparipilus, E. divergens, E. eatonii, E. elatior, E. elatus, E. elegantulus, E. elmeri, E. engelmannii, E. evermannii, E. eximius, E. filifolius, E. flabellifolius, E. flagellaris, E. flettii, E. foliosus, E. formosissimus, E. garrettii, E. geiseri, E. glabellus, E. glacialis, E. glaucus, E. goodrichii, E. gracilis, E. grandiflorus, E. greenei, E. heliographis, E. hessii, E. howellii, E. humilis, E. hyperboreus, E. hyssopifolius, E. inornatus, E. jonesii, E. kachinensis, E. karvinskianus, E. klamathensis, E. kuschei, E. lackschewitzii, E. lanatus, E. lassenianus, E. latus, E. leibergii, E. leiomerus, E. lemmonii, E. linearis, E. lobatus, E. lonchophyllus, E. maguirei, E. mancus, E. maniopotamicus, E. mariposanus, E. melanocephalus, E. miser, E. modestus, E. muirii, E. multiceps, E. nanus, E. nauseosus, E. nematophyllus, E. neomexicanus, E. nivalis, E. ochroleucus, E. oreganus, E. oreophilus, E. ovinus, E. oxyphyllus, E. pallens, E. parishii, E. parryi, E. peregrinus, E. petrophilus, E. philadelphicus, E. pinnatisectus, E. piperianus, E. piscaticus, E. poliospermus, E. porsildii, E. pringlei, E. procumbens, E. pulchellus, E. pulcherrimus, E. pumilus, E. purpuratus, E. pygmaeus, E. quercifolius, E. radicatus, E. reductus, E. religiosus, E. rhizomatus, E. robustior, E. rybius, E. rydbergii, E. salishii, E. salmonensis, E. sanctarum, E. saxatilis, E. sceptrifer, E. scopulinus, E. serpentinus, E. sionis, E. sivinskii, E. sparsifolius, E. speciosus, E. strigosus, E. subglaber, E. subtrinervis, E. supplex, E. tenellus, E. tener, E. tenuis, E. tracyi, E. trifidus, E. tweedyi, E. uintahensis, E. uncialis, E. uniflorus, E. untermannii, E. ursinus, E. utahensis, E. vagus, E. velutipes, E. vernus, E. versicolor, E. vetensis, E. vicinus, E. vreelandii, E. watsonii, E. wilkenii, E. yukonensis
Synonyms E. inornatus var. biolettii
Name authority A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 2. (1883) Greene: Man. Bot. San Francisco, 181. (1894)
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