Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.
Whitetop Fleabane (Club-fruited Willowherb; prairie fleabane; Purple-leaved Willowherb; rough-stemmed daisy; rough-stemmed fleabane)
Asteraceae (Aster family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

Photograph

© Jamie Fenneman     (Photo ID #14578)


Map

E-Flora BC Static Map

Distribution of Erigeron strigosus
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SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC

Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus

Species Information

General:
Annual or rarely biennial herb from a fibrous root; stems erect, branched, finely-appressed straight-hairy, to moderately stiff long-hairy, sometimes almost glabrous, 30-70 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves mostly oblanceolate or elliptic, tapering to the stalks, entire or toothed, 2-15 cm long, 3-25 mm wide, often deciduous, hairy like the stems; stem leaves similar, becoming reduced upwards.
Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, several to numerous in an open inflorescence, the disk 5-12 mm wide; involucres 2-5 mm tall; involucral bracts finely and obscurely glandular and more or less hairy, subequal, abruptly sharp-pointed or with long-pointed tips, with brown midveins and light greenish or yellowish margins; ray flowers 50-100, white, sometimes pink or bluish, 2-6 mm long, 0.4-1.0 mm wide; disk flowers 1.5-2.6 mm long.
Fruits:
Achenes 2-nerved, hairy; pappus double, the inner of 10-15 fragile bristles, these lacking from the ray flowers, the outer of short bristles or scales.

SourceThe Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

USDA Species Characteristics

Flower Colour:
White
Blooming Period:
Late Spring
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Spring to Summer
Source:  The USDA

Ecology

Ecological Framework for Erigeron strigosus

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)

Site Information
Value / Class

Avg

Min

Max

Elevation (metres)
699 76 1038
Slope Gradient (%)
48 10 68

Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W]

197 38 360
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric]
2 2 4
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class
C
# of field plots
 species was recorded in:
10
Modal BEC Zone Class
ICH

All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in

BG(1), ICH(3), IDF(2), PP(1)

Habitat and Range

Mesic to dry roadsides and disturbed areas in the lowland, steppe and montane zones; frequent in S BC, rare northward to Prince George; E to NF and S to FL and TX, native status uncertain.

SourceThe Illustrated Flora of British Columbia