Erigeron strigosus var. dolomiticola

J. R. Allison

Castanea 66: 169, figs. 6, 7(upper right). 2001.

Common names: Cahaba fleabane
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 345.

Perennials; rhizomes bearing overwintering leaf tufts at upturned ends. Stems glabrate to sparsely strigose (hairs appressed to ascending, 0.2–0.5 mm), more densely strigose immediately proximal to heads. Leaves: basal blades linear to linear-oblanceolate, 1–3.5 (–6) mm wide, margins entire (cauline faces glabrate or sparsely to moderately strigillose). Involucres 2.5–3 (–4) mm. Phyllaries glabrate or sparsely strigose (hairs terete, 0.1–0.4 mm).


Phenology: Flowering late May–Oct.
Habitat: Dolomite glades
Elevation: 20–50 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
loosely corymbiform +  and paniculiform-corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
J. R. Allison +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
linear +  and linear-oblanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
decurrent +
linear;lanceolate oblanceolate or spatulate +
rugulose +  and muricate +
lignescent +
Cahaba fleabane +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
bluish +, pinkish +  and white +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
subterete +, oblong +  and oblong-obovoid compressed +
fertile +  and bisexual +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
20–50 m +
strigose +, glabrate +  and sparsely strigose or strigoso-hirsute +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Dolomite glades +
disciform +  and discoid +
in loose , corymbiform or paniculiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
turbinate;hemispheric +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
cauline +  and basal +
overwintering +
erect;spreading +
deltate +
crenate +  and serrate +
not +  and scarious +
2-carpellate +
Flowering late May–Oct. +
3-nerved +  and 1-nerved +
strigose +  and glabrate +
narrowly elliptic +  and linear-lanceolate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
ascending +  and erect +
strigose +, glabrate +  and sparsely strigose +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Erigeron annuus subsp. strigosus +
Erigeron strigosus var. dolomiticola +
Erigeron strigosus +
variety +
inflated +  and tubular +
90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +