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early blue-top fleabane

dieter's erigeron, Wilken's fleabane

Habit Perennials, 5–25 cm; taprooted, caudices with relatively short, thick branches, often retaining old leaf bases. Perennials, 10–20 cm (occurring mostly singly); taprooted, caudices simple or branches relatively slender.
Stems

erect, glabrous or sparsely hirsute to villous, densely glandular.

erect, sparsely strigillose (hairs white, stiff), eglandular.

Leaves

basal (persistent) and cauline (petioles prominently ciliate, hairs spreading, thick-based);

blades linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 20–90(–150) × 2–4(–7) mm, margins entire, faces glabrous or sparsely hispidulous, minutely glandular;

cauline on proximal 1/3–2/3 of stems, gradually reduced distally.

mostly basal (persistent); (gray-green) blades narrowly oblanceolate to subspatulate, 9–62 × 1–5 mm, cauline linear-bractlike (bases enlarged, purplish-membranous), margins entire, faces sparsely and closely strigose, eglandular.

Involucres

4–8 × 7–15 mm.

3.4–4.6 × 6–8.5 mm.

Ray florets

30–90;

corollas usually bluish to purplish, sometimes white, drying pinkish, 6–16 mm, laminae reflexing.

(8–)11–12;

corollas adaxially white, abaxially light pink, 4.5–6 mm, laminae not coiling or reflexing.

Disc corollas

3.2–5.3 mm (throats tubular).

2.2–3.5 mm.

Phyllaries

in 3–4 series (midvein region greenish), sparsely to moderately hispid or hispido-villous, minutely and densely glandular.

in 2–3 series, sparsely hirsute, minutely glandular.

Heads

1.

1.

Cypselae

1.8–2.2 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose;

pappi: outer of inconspicuous, fine setae, inner of 18–25 bristles.

ca. 1.8 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose;

pappi: outer apparently 0, inner of (12–)20–30 bristles.

Erigeron vetensis

Erigeron wilkenii

Phenology Flowering May–Jul(–Aug). Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Dry, rocky slopes, roadsides, usually open exposures, ponderosa pine with juniper and/or oak, lodgepole pine, spruce-fir Sloping alluvium and colluvium at w-facing bases of sheer sandstone walls
Elevation (1700–)2300–3300 m ((5600–)7500–10800 ft) 1500–2300 m (4900–7500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; NE; NM; WY
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from FNA
CO
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Discussion

Erigeron vetensis is found in the Rocky Mountains.

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

Of conservation concern.

Erigeron wilkenii is known only from Pool Canyon in Dinosaur National Monument.

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

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 288. FNA vol. 20, p. 304.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. yukonensis
Synonyms E. glandulosus, E. porteri
Name authority Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 126. (1905) O’Kane: Madroño 37: 184, fig. 1. (1990)
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