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subalpine daisy, subalpine fleabane, wandering daisy, wandering fleabane

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Thompson's wandering fleabane

Leaf

faces hirsute to hirsuto-villous, less commonly glabrate or glabrous.

faces sparsely villosulous to glabrate.

Peduncles

hirsute to hirsuto-villous (hairs sometimes deflexed) to finely hirsutulous.

finely villous (hairs spreading-crinkly), sometimes loosely strigose distally.

Ray corollas

purplish to pink or white.

white.

Phyllaries

margins ciliate, abaxial faces moderately to densely hirsute to hirsuto-villous, essentially eglandular.

margins sometimes barely ciliate, abaxial faces sparsely hirsuto-villous to glabrate, essentially eglandular or sparsely minutely glandular.

Erigeron peregrinus var. peregrinus

Erigeron peregrinus var. thompsonii

Phenology Flowering (Jun–)Jul–Sep. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Meadows, openings in subalpine thickets Clearings in conifer woodlands, subalpine meadows, bogs
Elevation 1500–3000 m (4900–9800 ft) 900–1800 m (3000–5900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; AB; BC; YT
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
WA
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

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

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 328. FNA vol. 20, p. 328.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron > Erigeron peregrinus Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Erigeron > Erigeron peregrinus
Sibling taxa
E. peregrinus var. thompsonii
E. peregrinus var. peregrinus
Synonyms E. peregrinus var. dawsonii, E. unalaschkensis E. thompsonii
Name authority unknown (S. F. Blake ex J. W. Thompson) Cronquist: Brittonia 6: 144. (1947)
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