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Erigeron garrettii

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Identification
Isotype of Erigeron garrettii A. Nelson [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Erigeron garrettii
  • Erigeron glacialis
Common name
  • Garrett’s fleabane, Flora of North America Vol. 20

Flora

Entry for Erigeron garrettii A. Nelson [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 20,
Names
Erigeron garrettii A. Nelson [family COMPOSITAE], in J. M. Coulter and A. Nelson, New Man. Bot. Rocky Mt., 526. 1909
Erigeron controversus Greene [family COMPOSITAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Guy L. Nesom
Information
Perennials, (3–)5–23 cm; taprooted, caudex branches lignescent, apparently elongate. Stems erect, sparsely strigillose to glabrate, eglandular. Leaves mostly basal (persistent); blades oblanceolate to spatulate (not folding), 20–70(–120) × 3–13 mm, cauline abruptly reduced distally (bases not clasping), margins entire, sparsely ciliate (apices rounded to acute), faces glabrate or glabrous, eglandular. Heads 1. Involucres 5–8 × 8–17 mm. Phyllaries in 2–3 series (purplish at least at tips), glabrous or sparsely strigillose, densely minutely glandular. Ray florets 20–35; corollas white, drying white or sometimes lilac-tinged, 7–13 mm, laminae coiling. Disc corollas 3.9–5.3 mm. Cypselae 2.5–3 mm, 2(–3)-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of setae or scales, inner of 13–23 (white-shiny) bristles. 2n = 18.
Conservation Status
of conservation concern;
Phenology
jun-aug (summer)
Altitude range
2700–3800 m;
Distribution
USA Utah.

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