Erigeron glacialis

Subalpine fleabane, Subalpine Fleabane

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Subalpine fleabane is a California native perennial found in alpine and subalpine habitats at elevations of 1,500 to 3,500 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces white to purple ray flowers in heads 2 to 3 centimeters wide, with 30 to 105 delicate rays that curl when dry. Growing 8 to 45 centimeters tall with distally branched stems that are minutely bristly, it emerges from a short rhizome and stout caudex. Its basal leaves are 5 to 20 centimeters long, oblanceolate to spoon-shaped, while stem leaves become progressively smaller and more lance-shaped up the plant. The fruit develops with 4 to 7 fine ribs, topped with 20 to 30 slender pappus bristles.

California counties: Mariposa, Placer, Shasta, Fresno, Nevada, Tulare, Inyo, Mono, El Dorado, Madera, Tuolumne, Sierra, Siskiyou, Plumas, Alpine, Modoc, Amador

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