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Erigeron oreganus

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Type? of Erigeron oreganus A. Gray [family ASTERACEAE]
Holotype of Erigeron oreganus A. Gray [family ASTERACEAE]
Erigeron oreganus Gray, A. [family COMPOSITAE]
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Name

Identification
Erigeron oreganus A. Gray [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by A. Gray, 1883
Related name
  • Erigeron oreganus
Common name
  • Gorge fleabane, Flora of North America Vol. 20

Flora

Entry for Erigeron oreganus A. Gray [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 oreganus A. Gray [family COMPOSITAE], Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts, 19: 2. 1883
Treatment Author(s)
Guy L. Nesom
Information
Perennials, 5–15 cm; stoutly taprooted, caudices usually simple. Stems decumbent to basally ascending or erect, moderately villous, stipitate-glandular. Leaves basal (persistent) and cauline; basal blades (1-nerved or weakly 3-nerved) obovate to spatulate, mostly 20–60(–100) × 5–15(–25) mm, margins usually coarsely dentate or incised, sometimes shallowly serrate, faces sparsely to moderately villous, stipitate-glandular; cauline gradually or little reduced distally (bases not clasping). Heads 1(–4) (on branches from proximal axils). Involucres 5–7 × 9–13 mm. Phyllaries in 2–3 series, moderately villous, minutely stipitate-glandular. Ray florets 30–60; corollas white to pink, 5–8 mm, laminae not coiling or reflexing. Disc corollas 3.4–4.7 mm. Cypselae flattened, 1.2–1.4 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of setae, inner of 15–20 bristles (weakly barbellate and curled and twisted to at least distal 1/2).
Phenology
may (spring), jun-aug (summer), sep (fall)
Altitude range
20–400 m;
Distribution
USA Oreg.USA Wash.
Discussion
Erigeron oreganus grows in the Columbia River Gorge, primarily on the north side.

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