Erigeron cervinus

Siskiyou daisy

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Siskiyou daisy is a California native perennial herb found in the Klamath Ranges on open, rocky slopes and forest meadows at elevations of 900 to 1,900 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces white ray flowers 7 to 10 millimeters long that coil when dry, arranged in heads 9 to 14 millimeters wide. Growing 15 to 30 centimeters tall with 0 to 3 branches above the middle, it emerges from a short to long weakly woody rhizome. Its basal leaves are oblanceolate to narrowly spoon-shaped, measuring 4 to 12 centimeters long, with cauline leaves slightly clasping and minimally reduced. The flower heads feature 20 to 30 ray flowers with phyllaries densely covered in minute glandular hairs.

Habitat: Open, rocky slopes, meadows, forest

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 900-1900 m

Bioregions: KR

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