Erigeron elegantulus

Greene

Erythea 3: 65. 1895.

Common names: Volcanic daisy
Endemic
Synonyms: Erigeron linearis var. elegantulus (Greene) J. T. Howell
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 299. Mentioned on page 275.

Perennials, 3–15 cm; taprooted, caudices branched. Stems erect to slightly basally ascending, sparsely white-strigose, eglandular. Leaves mostly basal (usually persistent); blades linear, 15–50 (–60) × 0.5–1 mm, cauline reduced and only on proximal 1/3 of stems (bases abruptly widened, thickened, white-indurate, sheathing stems), margins entire, faces loosely strigose. Heads 1. Involucres 3.5–5 × 6–11 mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series, sparsely and loosely strigose, eglandular. Ray-florets 15–25; corollas blue to pale lavender or pinkish, 6–9 mm, laminae weakly coiling. Disc corollas 3.4–5 mm. Cypselae 1.8–2 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of setae, inner of 20–30 bristles. 2n = 27.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Open rocky sites, especially in volcanic substrate, sagebrush-scrub, juniper woodland, montane coniferous
Elevation: 1000–2700 m

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... more about "Erigeron elegantulus"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +, corymbiform +  and loose +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
Greene +
decurrent +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
linear;lanceolate oblanceolate or spatulate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
Volcanic daisy +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
blue +  and pale lavender or pinkish +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
subterete +, oblong +  and oblong-obovoid compressed +
fertile +  and bisexual +
0.34 cm3.4 mm <br />0.0034 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
1000–2700 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Open rocky sites, especially in volcanic substrate, sagebrush-scrub, juniper woodland, montane coniferous +
disciform +  and discoid +
in loose , corymbiform or paniculiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
turbinate;hemispheric +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
erect;spreading +
deltate +
not +  and scarious +
2-carpellate +
Flowering Jun–Jul. +
narrowly elliptic +  and linear-lanceolate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
erect +  and slightly basally ascending +
white-strigose +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Erigeron linearis var. elegantulus +
Erigeron elegantulus +
Erigeron +
species +
inflated +  and tubular +
90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +