Erigeron blochmaniae

Greene

Pittonia 3: 25. 1896.

Common names: Blochman’s fleabane
EndemicConservation concern
Synonyms: Erigeron foliosus var. blochmaniae (Greene) H. M. Hall
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 311. Mentioned on page 270.

Perennials, 4–8 cm, taprooted, caudices woody, branches ascending, sometimes rhizomelike. Stems ascending-erect, densely and closely puberulous to villosulous (hairs stiffly crisped, minute), eglandular. Leaves cauline; blades linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 15–30 × 1–3 mm, usually even-sized, margins entire, densely and closely puberulous to villosulous, eglandular. Heads 1 or 2–5 in loosely corymbiform arrays. Involucres 4.5–6 × 9–14 mm. Phyllaries in 3–5 series (with broad, orange middle area and thick, white margins), densely canescent-hirsutulous (hairs crinkly), densely minutely glandular. Ray-florets 45–72; corollas white to bluish, ca. 8–11 mm, laminae not coiling or reflexing. Disc corollas 4.6–5 mm (throats slightly indurate, not inflated). Cypselae 2.2–2.8 mm, 2-nerved, faces glabrous; pappi: outer of setae, inner of 21–36 bristles. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Sand dunes and hills
Elevation: 0–50 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Erigeron blochmaniae is recognized by its puberulous stems, relatively large heads, distinctive phyllaries, and glabrous cypselae.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Erigeron blochmaniae"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
Greene +
decurrent +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
linear;narrowly oblanceolate +
equal-sized +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
Blochman’s fleabane +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
white +  and bluish +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
subterete +, oblong +  and oblong-obovoid compressed +
fertile +  and bisexual +
0.46 cm4.6 mm <br />0.0046 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
0–50 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sand dunes and hills +
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 />) +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
turbinate;hemispheric +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
not coiling +
petiolate +  and sessile +
erect;spreading +
deltate +
closely puberulous +  and villosulous +
not +  and scarious +
2-carpellate +
Flowering Jul–Oct. +
3-nerved +  and 1-nerved +
canescent-hirsutulous +
narrowly elliptic +  and linear-lanceolate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
ascending-erect +
closely puberulous +  and villosulous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Erigeron foliosus var. blochmaniae +
Erigeron blochmaniae +
Erigeron +
species +
inflated +  and tubular +
90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +