Erigeron bloomeri var. bloomeri

Scabland fleabane

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Scabland fleabane is a California native perennial found in the northern Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range, and Great Basin in rocky slopes, lava beds, and meadows at elevations of 800 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white to lavender flowers in daisy-like heads with strigose (stiff, appressed) herbage. Growing with slender stems 10 to 40 centimeters tall, it forms small tufted clusters with a fibrous root system. Its leaves are narrow and lance-shaped, with basal leaves broader and stem leaves progressively smaller and more linear. The plant is characterized by its dense, stiff hairs covering both the stems and flower heads, giving it a rough, grayish-green appearance.

Habitat: Rocky slopes, lava beds, meadows

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 800-2000 m

Bioregions: CaR, n SNH, GB

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.