Erigeron concinnus var. concinnus

Navajo fleabane

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Navajo fleabane is a California native perennial found in the desert mountains in sandy to rocky slopes and crevices at elevations of 1,200 to 1,800 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces white to pink or lavender flowers with 40 to 60 ray flowers in heads 7 to 12 millimeters wide. Growing 6 to 16 centimeters tall with a woody taproot and short-branched caudex, it forms dense clusters with stems that have spreading, soft-bristly hairs. Its basal leaves are 2 to 6 centimeters long, linear to oblanceolate, with long spreading cilia and soft hairs. The plant has delicate, reflexed ray flowers that weakly coil when dry, giving it a distinctive appearance in its rocky desert habitat.

Habitat: Sandy to rocky slopes, crevices

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: 1200-1800 m

Bioregions: DMtns

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