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Broad Fleabane

Erigeron latus (A. Nels. & J. F. Macbr.) Cronq.

Description

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Perennials, 3–8 cm; taprooted, caudices branched. Stems erect, sparsely hirsuto-villous (hairs equal), densely minutely glandular. Leaves mostly basal (persistent; petioles prominently ciliate, hairs spreading, thick-based); blades oblanceolate-spatulate to oblanceolate, 30–60 × 3–6 mm, cauline usually abruptly reduced distally, margins entire, coarsely ciliate, faces hirsute to hirsuto-villous, densely minutely glandular. Heads 1. Involucres 8–10 × 10–20 mm wide. Phyllaries in 2–3 series, sparsely hirsuto-villous, densely minutely glandular. Ray florets 15–25; corollas pinkish to purple, 7–10 mm, laminae coiling. Disc corollas 4.5–6 mm. Cypselae 3.5–4.5 mm, 2(–3)-nerved, faces sparsely strigose to glabrate; pappi: outer sometimes of setae, sometimes 0, inner of 20–27 bristles.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 20: 271, 288 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Synonym

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Erigeron poliospermus A. Gray var. latus A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride, Bot. Gaz. 55: 383. 1913
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 20: 271, 288 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of North America @ eFloras.org
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Erigeron latus

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Erigeron latus is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name broad fleabane.[2] It is native to the Great Basin of the western United States. The natural range is small but split between 3 counties in 3 states: Malheur County in Oregon, Owyhee County in Idaho, and Elko County in Nevada.[3]

Description

Erigeron latus is a small perennial herb rarely more than 8 centimeters (0.8 inches) tall, producing a woody taproot. The leaves are mostly crowded around the base of the stem. Both the stem and the leaves are covered with stiff hairs. The plant generally produces only one flower head per stem, each head with up to 25 purple or pink ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.[2]

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Erigeron latus: Brief Summary

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Erigeron latus is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name broad fleabane. It is native to the Great Basin of the western United States. The natural range is small but split between 3 counties in 3 states: Malheur County in Oregon, Owyhee County in Idaho, and Elko County in Nevada.

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