Eastern Mojave Vegetation Coll. No. 3381, Erigeron divergens.  
 

 

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Photographed 17 January 2025.

Plants of Colorado
Asteraceae

Erigeron divergens Torr. & A. Gray.  Spreading Fleabane.

Dispersed Camp Site, Jefferson County, Colorado. Along Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 211, about 3.6 miles generally southwest of its northern end at County Road 126 “Deckers Road,” 59 km. south of Golden. 39.22634°N, 105.3064°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2323 m. Thin ponderosa pine forest with Heterotheca villosa, Hymenothrix dissecta, Solidago missouriensis, Symphyotrichum porteri, Townsendia grandiflora, Castilleja integra, Eriocoma nelsonii, and Vulpia octoflora.

Collected by permit: Pike San Isabel National Forest, 2024, issued: Jun 1, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 3381. 12-Sep-2024

Coll. No. 3381, 12 September 2024, characters observed: Annual or short-lived perennial, 25 cm., caudex taprooted, without leafy runners of rhizomes; Stem, pubescent-hispidulous (short rough hairs generally curved in all directions); Leaves, basal and proximal cauline withered, alternate, sessile, blade 17 mm. × 1.6 mm. wide, linear-oblong, entire; Involucre, 5 mm.; Phyllaries, 2+ series, 3.5 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, ±green, with purple tips; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers, 2 kinds; Rays, many, tube 1 mm. + blade 6 mm. × 0.5 mm. wide, spreading, lavender, fertile; Disc flowers, many, tube 2 mm. + lobes 0.3 mm., yellow; Pappus, scales, #8±, capillary bristles, #6-8, 1.5-1.8 mm.; Cypsela, 0.8 mm. × 0.3 mm. wide, 4-angled, tan-ish, few appressed hairs.

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