Common names:
Sierra fleabane, stalked fleabane
Family:
Scientific name:
Erigeron algidus
Main flower color:
Range:
The Sierra Nevada in California, and a small area of northwest Nevada
Height:
Up to 12 inches
Habitat:
Meadows and rocky places, at or above the timberline, from 8,500 to 12,000 feet
Leaves:
Oblanceolate, up to 3 inches long, strigose-hairy
Season:
July to August
Erigeron algidus is found only in the Sierra Nevada, California, extending into Nevada in the vicinity of Lake Tahoe. Leaves grow mostly at the base, and resemble many other species of this genus, being narrow, hairy, oblanceolate, unlobed and untoothed. A few smaller stem leaves are also present, arranged alternately. The unbranched stems have a covering of short glandular hairs and longer, spreading hairs.
Phyllaries, often purplish in color, either at the tip or throughout, are all the same length and also hairy, and somewhat glandular. Flowerheads have between 25 and 125 ray florets, pink or (less often) white, and a center of many small, orange-yellow disc florets. Flowerheads are produced singly, at the top of each stem.
Phyllaries, often purplish in color, either at the tip or throughout, are all the same length and also hairy, and somewhat glandular. Flowerheads have between 25 and 125 ray florets, pink or (less often) white, and a center of many small, orange-yellow disc florets. Flowerheads are produced singly, at the top of each stem.
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