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|accepted_name=Erigeron oxyphyllus
|accepted_authority=Greene
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Erythea
|place=3: 20. 1895
|year=1895
}}
|common_names=Wand fleabane
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Erigeron;Erigeron oxyphyllus
|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 oxyphyllus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 270
|treatment_page=page 311
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 5–25 cm; taprooted, caudexlike branches relatively thick, woody. <b>Stems</b> ascending (without axillary tufts of leaves), glabrous, eglandular. <b>Leaves</b> cauline (all commonly withering early in season); proximal blades oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 20–50(–100) × 0.5–1(–15) mm, abruptly reduced distally, becoming linear to filiform, mid and distal shorter than internodes, margins entire, usually eciliate, sometimes sparsely ciliate, faces sparsely and minutely strigose or glabrous, eglandular. <b>Heads</b> 1(–3). <b>Involucres</b> 4–5(–6) × 7–12 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in (3–)4–5 series (inner with (1–)3 orange veins, margins of inner narrow, scarious), usually glabrous, outer sometimes sparsely strigulose, minutely glandular. <b>Ray</b> florets 12–27(–45); corollas white to lavender or blue, 6–9 mm, laminae slightly coiling at tips. <b>Disc</b> corollas 3–4 mm (throats slightly indurate, not inflated). <b>Cypselae</b> ca. 2 mm, 2–4(–5)-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of setae, inner of 17–25 bristles. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Feb–)May–Jun(–Nov).
|habitat=Rocky hillsides around seeps or springs, canyons, cliff bases, among boulders, often with Acacia-Yucca-Coleogyne
|elevation=700–1100 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Sonora).
|discussion=<p><i>Erigeron oxyphyllus</i> is a member of sect. Pycnophyllum and is set apart from the rest of the section by its cauline leaves, sharply reduced in length distally, and by its more southeastern geographic range (versus the California-centered distribution of the rest of the section).</p>
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name=Erigeron oxyphyllus
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering (Feb–)May–Jun(–Nov).
|habitat=Rocky hillsides around seeps or springs, canyons, cliff bases, among boulders, often with Acacia-Yucca-Coleogyne
|elevation=700–1100 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Erythea
|publication year=1895
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Erigeron
|species=Erigeron oxyphyllus
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