Erigeron breweri var. covillei

Coville erigeron

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Coville erigeron is a California native perennial found in southern Sierra Nevada (eastern slope), San Gabriel, San Bernardino, San Jacinto Mountains, and eastern Mojave Desert regions in open rocky sagebrush, chaparral, and juniper scrub at elevations of 1,000 to 1,900 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces white daisy-like flowers in clusters with delicate ray petals. Growing with sturdy stems 30 to 75 centimeters tall and a thickened base, it develops an open, somewhat branching habit. Its leaves are moderately sized, 15 to 30 millimeters long, with very fine, short hairs less than half a millimeter in length. The plant's inflorescence is characterized by white, thick-based phyllary hairs that ascend and become less dense toward the middle and inner phyllaries.

Habitat: Open, rocky sagebrush, chaparral, juniper scrub

Bloom period: May-Sep

Elevation: +- 1000-1900 m.

Bioregions: s SNH (e slope), SnGb, SnBr, SnJt, DMoj.

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