Erigeron chrysopsidis

A. Gray in A. Gray et al.

in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 210. 1884.

Common names: Dwarf yellow fleabane
Endemic
Basionym: Chrysopsis hirtella de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 327. 1836,
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 287. Mentioned on page 260, 265, 271.

Perennials, 3–15 cm; taprooted, caudices branched. Stems erect (bracteate), evenly hispidulous to hirsute, usually minutely glandular. Leaves mostly basal (in tufts, persistent) (petioles prominently ciliate, hairs spreading, thick-based); blades linear to linear-oblanceolate, 40–70 (–90) × 1–3 mm, cauline reduced to bracts (bases relatively thin, not sheathing), margins entire, coarsely ciliate, faces hispidulous to loosely strigose. Heads 1. Involucres (3.5–) 4.5–7.5 × 9–17 mm. Phyllaries in 2–3 series, sparsely hispid, minutely glandular. Ray (pistillate) florets 20–60; corollas tubular, lacking laminae, or laminae yellow (sometimes fading on drying and appearing whitish or creamy), 2–10 mm, not coiling or reflexing. Disc corollas 4–4.5 mm (throats tubular). Cypselae 2–2.5 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose (carpopodia yellowish); pappi: outer of inconspicuous setae, inner of 15–25 bristles.

Distribution

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Calif., Idaho, Nev., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).

Intermediates between var. austiniae and var. chrysopsidis are formed in Oregon and Idaho, where their ranges overlap.

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Ray (pistillate) laminae absent or not surpassing involucres; involucres 4.5–6 mm; stems hirsuto-villous Erigeron chrysopsidis var. austiniae
1 Ray laminae well developed (surpassing involucres); involucres 3.5–7.5 mm; stems hirsuto-villous or strigose > 2
2 Involucres 3.5–5.5 mm; ray corolla laminae 4–7 mm; stems strigose to hirsuto-villous Erigeron chrysopsidis var. brevifolius
2 Involucres 5–6.5(–7.5) mm; ray corolla laminae (6–)8–11 mm; stems hirsuto-villous Erigeron chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis
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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 +
A. Gray in A. Gray et al. +
decurrent +
Chrysopsis hirtella +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
linear;linear-oblanceolate +
reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
Dwarf yellow fleabane +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
not coiling +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
subterete +, oblong +  and oblong-obovoid compressed +
fertile +  and bisexual +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Calif. +, Idaho +, Nev. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
strigose +, hispidulous +  and loosely strigose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
disciform +  and discoid +
in loose , corymbiform or paniculiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
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 /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
turbinate;hemispheric +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
not coiling +  and tubular +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
erect;spreading +
deltate +
not +  and scarious +
2-carpellate +
3-nerved +  and 1-nerved +
narrowly elliptic +  and linear-lanceolate +
in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
inconspicuous +
branched +  and simple +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
evenly hispidulous +  and hirsute +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Achaetogeron +  and Trimorpha +
Erigeron chrysopsidis +
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 +