Species: Erigeron howellii
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Often found in clusters of plants with several stems rising from a rhizome. Perennial, 20-50 cm tall. stems mostly hairless but a little hairy under the flower heads. Leaves thin, smooth,and shiny green, lower leaves with egg-shaped blades abruptly contracted to a petiole, upper leaves strongly clasp the stem at their bases. There is one flower head per stem which has loose, glandular involucral bracts. Flower heads include a yellow central disk 12-20 mm wide, comprised of disc florets with distinctly flared corollas 4-5 mm long. The central disk is surrounded by 30-50 white ray florets, each 13-25 mm long and 2-4 mm wide. Fruit is an achene with 5 asymmetrical nerves and a pappus of 20-30 bristles (Meinke 1982, WA HP 2003, Oregon Flora Project 2007).
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Classification
Dicotyledoneae
Asterales
Asteraceae
Erigeron
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Classification
Ecology and Life History
Often found in clusters of plants with several stems rising from a rhizome. Perennial, 20-50 cm tall. stems mostly hairless but a little hairy under the flower heads. Leaves thin, smooth,and shiny green, lower leaves with egg-shaped blades abruptly contracted to a petiole, upper leaves strongly clasp the stem at their bases. There is one flower head per stem which has loose, glandular involucral bracts. Flower heads include a yellow central disk 12-20 mm wide, comprised of disc florets with distinctly flared corollas 4-5 mm long. The central disk is surrounded by 30-50 white ray florets, each 13-25 mm long and 2-4 mm wide. Fruit is an achene with 5 asymmetrical nerves and a pappus of 20-30 bristles (Meinke 1982, WA HP 2003, Oregon Flora Project 2007).
Source: Encyclopedia of Life