Erigeron miser

Starved daisy

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.3

Starved daisy is a rare (CNPS 1B.3) California native perennial found in the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains on rocky sites at elevations of 1,900 to 2,300 meters. Flowering from July to October, this plant produces white flowers in small discoid heads with no ray flowers, typically 1 to 4 heads on long stalks. Growing 5 to 25 centimeters tall with decumbent to ascending stems that are densely covered in long spreading hairs, it emerges from a woody base with multiple stems. Its cauline leaves are narrowly oblanceolate, 7 to 16 millimeters long, evenly spaced along the stem and covered with white spreading hairs and minute glandular dots. The fruit develops with 12 to 28 pappus bristles, contributing to its delicate alpine appearance.

Habitat: Rocky sites

Bloom period: Jul-Oct

Elevation: 1900-2300 m

Bioregions: n SNH.

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