Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 20,
Names
Erigeron oreophilus Greenman [family COMPOSITAE], Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts, 41: 257. 1905
Achaetogeron pringlei Larsen [family COMPOSITAE]
Erigeron delphiniifolius Willdenow var. oreophilus (Greenman) Cronquist [family COMPOSITAE]
Discussion
Erigeron oreophilus is similar to E. neomexicanus in its perennial habit, typically pinnatifid leaves, white, reflexing rays, and 10–12 readily falling pappus bristles; it has a vestiture of dense, viscid, stipitate glands and sparse, spreading, nonglandular hairs.