View source for Erigeron leiomerus

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|accepted_name=Erigeron leiomerus
|accepted_authority=A. Gray in A. Gray et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer.
|place=1(2): 211. 1884
|year=1884
}}
|common_names=Rockslide fleabane
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Erigeron;Erigeron leiomerus
|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 leiomerus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 266, 272
|treatment_page=page 308
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 4–12(–15) cm; taprooted (taproots often not evident or not collected), caudices with diffuse system of relatively long and slender, rhizomelike branches. <b>Stems</b> decumbent to ascending or erect (usually purplish proximally, sometimes greenish), glabrous or sparsely strigillose (hairs closely to loosely appressed), eglandular. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; basal blades oblanceolate to obovate or spatulate, 15–70 × 2–11(–15) mm, cauline reduced distally (bases of basal sometimes purplish, enlarged; of cauline, not subclasping), margins entire, faces glabrous or sparsely strigose, eglandular. <b>Heads</b> 1. <b>Involucres</b> 4–6 × 7–13 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 2–3 series (often purplish, narrowly elliptic, erect, apices appressed), glabrous or sparsely strigose, minutely glandular. <b>Ray</b> florets 15–60; corollas white to blue or purple, 6–11 mm, laminae reflexing. <b>Disc</b> corollas 3.2–4.4 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 2–2.2 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of setae, inner of 15–25 bristles. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Talus slopes, boulder fields, and other rocky or gravelly habitats, meadows, spruce, lodgepole pine, alpine tundra
|elevation=2600–3800 m
|distribution=Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah;Wyo.
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name=Erigeron leiomerus
|author=
|authority=A. Gray in A. Gray et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Talus slopes, boulder fields, and other rocky or gravelly habitats, meadows, spruce, lodgepole pine, alpine tundra
|elevation=2600–3800 m
|distribution=Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer.
|publication year=1884
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Erigeron
|species=Erigeron leiomerus
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