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|accepted_name=Erigeron hessii
|accepted_authority=G. L. Nesom
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Brittonia
|place=30: 440, figs. 1–5. 1978
|year=1978
}}
|common_names=Hess’s fleabane
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Erigeron;Erigeron hessii
|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 hessii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 267
|treatment_page=page 336
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 5–16 cm (often cespitose); rhizomatous, fibrous-rooted, thickened caudices or rhizomes branched, woody. <b>Stems</b> erect, loosely strigose to hirsute, eglandular. <b>Leaves</b> mostly basal (usually persistent); basal and proximal cauline blades oblanceolate to oblanceolate-spatulate, 20–50(–70) × 3–9 mm, distal bractlike (mid bases subclasping), margins entire with pair of teeth, faces glabrous or sparsely strigoso-hirsute, eglandular. <b>Heads</b> 1(–3). <b>Involucres</b> 5–6 × 8–13 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in (2–)3–4 series (usually purplish), coarsely strigoso-hirsute along midribs, sparsely to densely minutely glandular (glands sometimes obscured by hairs). <b>Ray</b> florets 44–75; corollas white to lavender, 8–13 mm, laminae coiling slightly at tips. <b>Disc</b> corollas 2.6–3.1 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 1.1–1.3 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of setae, inner of 13–18 bristles.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Andesitic dikes in otherwise rhyolitic rock, bedrock cracks in open areas, upper montane to subalpine conifer forests
|elevation=2900–3100 m
|distribution=N.Mex.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p>
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name=Erigeron hessii
|authority=G. L. Nesom
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Andesitic dikes in otherwise rhyolitic rock, bedrock cracks in open areas, upper montane to subalpine conifer forests
|elevation=2900–3100 m
|distribution=N.Mex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Brittonia
|publication year=1978
|special status=Endemic;Conservation concern
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Erigeron
|species=Erigeron hessii
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