Erigeron caespitosus Nutt.
tufted fleabane (tufted daisy)
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
tufted fleabane (tufted daisy)
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a stout taproot and a thickened stem-base; stems curved or decumbent at the base, several, simple, hoary with short, dense, spreading hairs, 5-30 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves triple-nerved, lanceolate or spoon-shaped, entire, apex usually rounded or obtuse, 2-14 cm long, 2-15 mm wide, hairy like the stems; stem leaves several to many, egg-shaped-oblong to linear, reduced upwards.
Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, solitary to many, the disks 9-19 mm wide; involucres 4-7 mm tall; involucral bracts glandular and usually grey-hairy, strongly to slightly graduated, evidently thickened on the back, lance-oblong, tapering to a slender tip; ray flowers 30-100, blue, white, or pink, 5-15 mm long, 1-2.5 mm wide; disk flowers 3.2-4.4 mm long.
Fruits:
Achenes 2-nerved, hairy; pappus double, the inner of 14-25 firm bristles, the outer evident with short bristly scales.
Illustration
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
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Erigeron caespitosus
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)
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 |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1680 | 884 | 2525 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
33 | 0 | 80 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
108 | 20 | 345 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
17 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(5), ESSF(6), ICH(1), IDF(3), PP(2) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Dry grassy river terraces or meadows in the montane to alpine zones (S Rocky Mountains); infrequent in EC and extreme SE BC; N to AK, YT and NT, E to MB, and S to NE, AZ and WA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Erigeron caespitosus var. laccoliticus M.E. Jones