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 Leaves Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium, Usage Rights: Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) | | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: Erigeron speciosus
General Desc:
Herbaceous perennials to 32 inches tall, stems simple or branching, relatively few, arising from a stout, woody base with rhizomatous and fibrous roots.
Identification notes: Large leaved with showy flower heads; stems and leaves glandular and hairy, stems leafy to the flower heads; upper leaves barely reduced; flower head discs up to 1/2 inch wide, ray flowers conspicuous, flower heads usually several, short stemmed.
Height:
32 inches
Habitat Description: Found on rich soils in coniferous forests, open woods, oak-pine, ponderosa pine, and pine-fir communities.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 4000 - 9000 feet
Color:
Yellow, blue to light purple
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Oct
Description:
1 to 15 flower heads per stem, borne in rounded clusters; each head contains 75 to 150 blue to light purple ray florets, surrounding numerous yellow disc florets; phyllaries (bracts) in 2 to 4 overlapping rows, densely stalked glands.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
Y
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems erect, sometimes with soft hairs; narrow, hairy, basal leaf blades with densely stalked glands, 3 inches long, 1 inch wide; leaf margins smooth; leaves usually withering by flowering; partially clasping, spreading leaves barely reduced up the stems.
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Fruit is a 2-nerved cypsela (dry single-seeded fruit) with stiff hairs. Though technically incorrect, the fruit is often referred to as an achene. Modified sepals (pappus) in 2 series, the outer of conspicuous scales, the inner of 14 to 24 bristles.
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