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|accepted_name=Erigeron multiceps
|accepted_authority=Greene
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Pittonia
|place=2: 167. 1891
|year=1891
}}
|common_names=Kern River fleabane
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Erigeron;Erigeron multiceps
|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 multiceps]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 263, 269, 340
|treatment_page=page 342
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> short-lived, 12–20 cm; taprooted, caudices simple or branched. <b>Stems</b> (single or multiple from bases) decumbent-ascending (branched from midstems), strigose (hairs fine, ascending-appressed), eglandular. <b>Leaves</b> mostly basal (persistent); blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 10–30 × 2–6 mm, cauline reduced distally, linear, margins entire, strigose, eglandular. <b>Heads</b> 1(–3 on proximal branches). <b>Involucres</b> 3.5–4 × 6–7 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 3–4 series, sparsely hispid, minutely glandular. <b>Ray</b> florets 75–125; corollas white to purplish 5–8 mm, laminae not coiling or reflexing. <b>Disc</b> corollas 1.8–2.2 mm (throats white-indurate and somewhat inflated). <b>Cypselae</b> 0.7–0.9 mm, 2-nerved, sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of setae, inner of 5–8 bristles.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Dry, open meadows and meadow edges near mixed conifer and aspen stands, sometimes in disturbed sites such as logging roads, sandy creek banks, annual drainages, and washes
|elevation=1500–2500 m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.;Mexico (Baja California).
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p>Although <i>Erigeron multiceps</i> has been considered to be indistinct or doubtfully distinct from <i>E. divergens</i> (see G. L. Nesom 1993f), California botanists with field experience note that the two taxa can be distinguished when occuring in close proximity. Plants of the type collection and some others have thick taproots and thickened caudex branches, unlike closely related species. Plants from Clark County, <i>Nevada</i> (Red Rock Canyon Recreation Area, Leary 4031, UNLV) have taproots with simple caudices, decumbent-ascending, strigose stems, and persistent basal leaves; they are technically, at least, identified as <i>E. multiceps</i>. The disjunct Mexican plants are closely similar to those in California.</p>
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name=Erigeron multiceps
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Dry, open meadows and meadow edges near mixed conifer and aspen stands, sometimes in disturbed sites such as logging roads, sandy creek banks, annual drainages, and washes
|elevation=1500–2500 m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=Pittonia
|publication year=1891
|special status=Conservation concern
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Erigeron
|species=Erigeron multiceps
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