Desert yellow fleabane facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Desert yellow fleabane |
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| Erigeron linearis in Wenas Wildlife Area in Washington | |
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Erigeron
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linearis
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Erigeron linearis is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name desert yellow fleabane or narrow leaved fleabane.
Distribution
Erigeron linearis is native to the mountains of western North America from British Columbia as far south as Wyoming, northern Nevada and Mono County in California.
Description
Erigeron linearis is a small clumping perennial herb reaching a maximum height of 20 centimeters (8 inches), with a woody taproot. Its leaves are long and narrow, mostly clustered around the base of the stem, and are 2 to 9 centimeters (0.8-3.6 inches) long and greenish-white. The erect, somewhat hairy, leafless stems usually produce only one flower head (though occasionally 2 or 3) each about a centimeter (0.4 inches) wide. It has a center of many golden yellow disc florets and a fringe of as many as 38 pale to bright yellow or cream-colored ray florets. The species grows in open rocky slopes dominated by sagebrush, bitterbrush or juniper.
Some Plateau Indian tribes used desert yellow fleabane as a poultice for treating sores.
