Erigeron klamathensis

Klamath fleabane

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Klamath fleabane is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges and northern California Ranges in open, rocky slopes and ridges at elevations of 700 to 2,200 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces lavender to purple ray flowers 8 to 10 millimeters long in compact heads 7 to 10 millimeters wide. Growing as a small herb 6 to 15 centimeters tall with a woody, sometimes branched taproot, it develops slender woody offsets. Its cauline leaves are narrowly lance-oblong to narrowly obovate, densely covered in long hairs and extending up to 40 centimeters in length. The flower heads are sparse, with 1 to 5 clusters featuring 22 to 40 ray flowers with white-margined phyllary tips.

Habitat: Open, rocky slopes, ridges, crevices

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: (400)700-2200 m

Bioregions: KR, CaRH

California counties: Humboldt, Siskiyou, Trinity, Shasta, Del Norte

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