General:
Perennial herb from a taproot and a crown or short-branched stem-base; stems erect, simple, usually solitary, closely stiff-hairy with appressed hairs, 1-40 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves linear to linear-oblanceolate, more or less straight-hairy with appressed hairs, 1-12 cm long, 0.5-5 mm wide, their bases slightly or moderately enlarged and whitish or purplish; stem leaves similar, linear, reduced upwards, often bractlike.
Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, solitary or few, the disks 6-18 mm wide; involucres 4.5-8 mm tall; involucral bracts more or less densely stiff long-hairy, also somewhat glandular, subequal, sometimes with a brown midrib, usually with purplish tips; ray flowers 20-80, blue, purple or white, 4-12 mm long, 1.2-2.4 mm wide; disk flowers 2.8-4.3 mm long.
Fruits:
Achenes 2-nerved, stiff- or long-hairy; pappus double, the inner of 10-20 firm bristles, the outer of short, usually conspicuous scales.
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
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Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
1540 | 920 | 2160 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
16 | 7 | 25 |
Aspect (degrees) |
0 | 90 | 270 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 2 | 3 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
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#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
2 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
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All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Erigeron ochroleucus var. scribneri Nutt.