View source for Erigeron sparsifolius

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Erigeron sparsifolius
|accepted_authority=Eastwood
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser.
|place=2, 6: 297. 1896
|year=1896
}}
|common_names=Bracted Utah fleabane
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Erigeron utahensis var. sparsifolius
|authority=(Eastwood) Cronquist
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Erigeron vivax
|authority=(A. Nelson) Rydberg
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Erigeron;Erigeron sparsifolius
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Erigeron]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Erigeron sparsifolius]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 276
|treatment_page=page 297
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 10–55 cm; taprooted, caudices branched. <b>Stems</b> (greenish) erect, sparsely strigose, eglandular. <b>Leaves</b> basal (usually withering by flowering, not forming conspicuous tufts) and cauline (leaf bases broadened or not, not thickened and whitish-indurate); basal and proximalmost cauline blades oblanceolate-spatulate, 20–50 × 2–4 mm, margins entire, faces densely and closely strigose, eglandular; cauline abruptly reduced to erect linear bracts 3–20 × 0.5 mm, relatively even-sized, at least beyond midstems to immediately proximal to heads. <b>Heads</b> (1–)3–10, from branches well beyond midstems. <b>Involucres</b> 3–5 × 5–8 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 2–3 series, sparsely strigose or glabrous, densely minutely glandular. <b>Ray</b> florets 10–14(–20); corollas white to blue, 4–8 mm, laminae (0.7–1 mm wide) coiling. <b>Disc</b> corollas 2–3.5 mm (viscid-puberulent, hairs multicellular, blunt). <b>Cypselae</b> 1.5–2.5 mm, 3–4-orange-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of inconspicuous setae, inner of 20–25 bristles.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Rocky or sandy soil, soil pockets and crevices in sandstone, canyon bottoms, river terraces
|elevation=1100–1700 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;Utah.
|discussion=<p><i>Erigeron sparsifolius</i> is partially sympatric with <i>Erigeron utahensis</i>. They are distinct in morphology and phenology, and intermediates are not common.</p>
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name=Erigeron sparsifolius
|author=
|authority=Eastwood
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Erigeron utahensis var. sparsifolius;Erigeron vivax
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Rocky or sandy soil, soil pockets and crevices in sandstone, canyon bottoms, river terraces
|elevation=1100–1700 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser.
|publication year=1896
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Erigeron
|species=Erigeron sparsifolius
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