Erigeron pumilus var. intermedius
Shaggy fleabane
Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native
Shaggy fleabane is a California native perennial found in the Cascade Range, northern Sierra Nevada, Modoc Plateau, and White and Inyo Mountains in open slopes and meadows at elevations of 1,200 to 1,800 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces white to pink or lavender ray flowers 8 to 12 millimeters long in heads 9 to 14 millimeters wide. Growing as a tufted herb 8 to 35 centimeters tall with a woody taproot, it develops stiffly spreading or reflexed hairy stems that branch up to 4 times below the mid-stem. Its basal leaves are densely clustered, 2 to 8 centimeters long, linear to oblanceolate, with long spreading ciliate margins and rough hair coverage. The plant forms distinctive flower heads with 55 to 115 ray flowers and develops a pappus with 12 to 22 bristles.
Habitat: Open slopes, meadows
Bloom period: May-Aug
Elevation: 1200-1800 m
Bioregions: CaR, n SNH, MP, W&I
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