Erigeron bellidiastrum var. bellidiastrum

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 339.

Stems intricately branched; proximal mostly 1–2 (–2.5) mm wide. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline blades linear to linear-oblanceolate, 10–15 (–30) × 1–2.5 (–3) mm, margins entire or rarely with pair of shallow teeth. 2n = 18, 36.


Phenology: Flowering May–Aug(–Sep).
Habitat: Open habitats in deep, loose sand, areas of desert shrub, sagebrush, juniper, or pinyon-juniper woodlands
Elevation: 1000–1900 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., Kans., Mont., Nebr., N.Mex., Okla., S.Dak., Tex., Utah, Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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 +
Nuttall +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
decurrent +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
linear;oblanceolate or spatulate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
white +  and bluish +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
subterete +, oblong +  and oblong-obovoid compressed +
fertile +  and bisexual +
0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, Colo. +, Kans. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Tex. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
1000–1900 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Open habitats in deep, loose sand, areas of desert shrub, sagebrush, juniper, or pinyon-juniper woodlands +
disciform +  and discoid +
in loose , corymbiform or paniculiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 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 /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
turbinate;hemispheric +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
not coiling +
petiolate +  and sessile +
cauline +  and basal +
erect;spreading +
deltate +
rarely +  and entire +
dissected +, lobed +  and entire +
not +  and scarious +
2-carpellate +
Flowering May–Aug(–Sep). +
3-nerved +  and 1-nerved +
narrowly elliptic +  and linear-lanceolate +
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
erect +  and ascending +
hirsutulous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Achaetogeron +  and Trimorpha +
Erigeron bellidiastrum var. bellidiastrum +
Erigeron bellidiastrum +
variety +
inflated +  and tubular +
shallow +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +