Erigeron tener
Thin daisy, Thin Daisy
Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native
Thin daisy is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, Sierra Nevada, northern Mountains and Plateaus, and White and Inyo Mountains in sagebrush scrub, yellow-pine forest, and rocky crevices at elevations of 2,300 to 3,400 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces blue to purple ray flowers in heads 5 to 12 millimeters wide with 18 to 40 delicate rays. Growing as a compact cluster from a branched caudex, it forms small tufts with stems 2 to 15 centimeters tall covered in short white appressed hairs. Its basal leaves are long-petioled and oblanceolate to elliptic, measuring 1 to 8 centimeters long, with cauline leaves becoming progressively smaller and more strigose. The plant's distinctive pappus consists of 15 to 30 bristles, creating a soft, feathery appearance when mature.
Habitat: Crevices or ledges, sagebrush scrub, yellow-pine forest
Bloom period: Jun-Sep
Elevation: 2300-3400 m
Bioregions: KR, SNH, MP, W&I
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