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Shining Fleabane

Erigeron barbellulatus Greene

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The variability in cypsela size is unusual.
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Perennials, 5–15 cm; taprooted, caudices relatively slender-branched. Stems erect to slightly basally ascending (shiny-white or purplish), strigose, eglandular. Leaves mostly basal (usually persistent) and cauline on proximal 1 / 4 of stems; blades narrowly oblanceolate, 20–50 × 1.5–5 mm (bases abruptly widened, thickened, white-indurate, sheathing stem), margins entire, faces strigose, eglandular. Heads 1. Involucres 5.5–9 × 13–18 mm. Phyllaries in 2–3 series, sparsely and finely spreading-hairy, eglandular. Ray florets 15–35; corollas white or blue, drying bluish, 7–15 mm, laminae weakly coiling. Disc corollas 4.5–7 mm. Cypselae (2–)3–3.7 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of setae, inner of 25–40(–50) bristles. 2n = 18.
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Erigeron barbellulatus

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Erigeron barbellulatus, commonly known as shining fleabane, is a species of fleabane in the family Asteraceae.[1]

Distribution

The small plant is endemic to northeastern California, in the Sierra Nevada, from Lassen County south to Tulare County.[2] It is found on gravelly and rocky slopes, at elevations of 2,100–3,300 metres (6,900–10,800 ft), from sagebrush/pine to Sierra Nevada subalpine zone forest habitats.[1]

Description

Erigeron barbellulatus is a small perennial herb up to 15 cm (6 inches) tall.[1]

One plant usually produces only one flower head, with 15–35 white, lavender, or blue ray florets surrounding numerous small disc florets.[3][4]

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Erigeron barbellulatus: Brief Summary

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Erigeron barbellulatus, commonly known as shining fleabane, is a species of fleabane in the family Asteraceae.

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