Erigeron eximius

Family: Asteraceae
Common Name: sprucefir fleabane
Symbol: EREX4
Description: Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Subshrub General: Herbaceous perennials, stems simple or branching, to 60 cm tall, puberulent to glabrous below, glandular in the inflorescence, rhizomatous. Leaves: Alternate, basal leaves oblanceolate to oval, petioled, cauline leaves few and not much reduced, the middle leaves to 5 mm wide or more, ovate to oblong, glabrous to somewhat glandular. Flowers: Heads radiate, rays white, pink, or blue, 40-80, 12-20 mm long, disks yellow, involucres 6-9 mm high, glandular, sometimes with a few long hairs, phyllaries more or less equal. Fruits: Achenes hairy. Pappus sparse, of subequal capillary bristles, the inner of 20-25 long bristles, the outer of short, sometimes few stiff bristles. Ecology: Found in coniferous forests, from 6,500-10,000 ft (1981-3048 m); flowering July-September. Distribution: Wyoming to Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. Notes: Good identifiers for this species include the large heads and leaves, the glabrous to puberulent herbage (with few or no long hairs), and the white or pink rays. SEINet Portal Network. 2020. http//:swbiodiversity.org/seinet/index.php. Accessed on November 02.