Erigeron kuschei

Eastwood

Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 20: 158. 1931.

Common names: Chiricahua fleabane
EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 334. Mentioned on page 261, 266, 267.

Perennials, 5–15 cm; rhizomatous, fibrous-rooted, primary rhizomes slender, lignescent, sometimes herbaceous, leafy (like runners), producing terminal rosettes, apparently without central axes. Stems ascending (greenish), sparsely pilose (hairs spreading-ascending), strigose proximally, eglandular. Leaves basal (persistent) and cauline (petioles 1/2–2/3 lengths of blades); basal (greenish) blades spatulate, 10–60 × 3–10 mm, margins entire, faces sparsely strigose, eglandular; cauline (restricted to proximal 1/2 of stems) blades lanceolate to elliptic (bases subclasping). Heads 1 (–4) (from branches distal to midstem). Involucres 4–5 × 8–10 mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series (erect, apices appressed), margins ciliate, midveins sparsely hirsute (hair cross-walls not colored), densely minutely glandular. Ray-florets 32–45; corollas white, 8–11 mm, laminae slightly coiling. Disc corollas 2.5–3 mm. Cypselae ca. 1.6 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of setae, inner of 15–19 bristles.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug(–Oct).
Habitat: Crevices and ledges, cliff bases, outcrops, usually facing north, commonly in moss carpets, pine, mixed conifer forests
Elevation: 2100–2900 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Erigeron kuschei"
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 +
Eastwood +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
decurrent +
linear;lanceolate oblanceolate or spatulate +
rugulose +  and muricate +
lanceolate +  and elliptic +
Chiricahua fleabane +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
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 +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
2100–2900 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Crevices and ledges, cliff bases, outcrops, usually facing north, commonly in moss carpets, pine, mixed conifer forests +
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 />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
turbinate;hemispheric +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
cauline +  and basal +
erect;spreading +
deltate +
not +  and scarious +
2-carpellate +
Flowering Jun–Aug(–Oct). +
3-nerved +  and 1-nerved +
narrowly elliptic +  and linear-lanceolate +
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
strigose +  and pilose +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Achaetogeron +  and Trimorpha +
Erigeron kuschei +
Erigeron +
species +
inflated +  and tubular +
fibrous-rooted +  and rhizomatous +
90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +