Erigeron foliosus var. hartwegii

Hartweg's fleabane

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Hartweg's fleabane is a California native perennial found in northern and central Sierra Nevada Foothills in rocky riverbanks and oak woodland at elevations of 100 to 600 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces white to lavender ray flowers with yellow disk centers, with ray flowers 7 to 12 millimeters long. Growing with slender stems 15 to 45 centimeters tall, it develops a clumping habit with stems that are somewhat oriented to one side. Its leaves are narrow, 35 to 80 millimeters long and only 1 to 2 millimeters wide, sparsely covered with stiff hairs and arranged along the stem. The flower heads feature 26 to 50 ray flowers with phyllaries that are densely spreading-hairy and 4 to 6 millimeters long.

Habitat: Rocky riverbanks, oak woodland

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: 100-600 m

Bioregions: n&ampc SNF.

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