A dear little common plant, from six to fifteen inches high, with several slender, branching, hairy stems, and soft, hairy, gray-green leaves, the upper ones small and narrow, without leaf-stalks and the lower ones sometimes with two or three lobes and with leaf-stalks. The flower-heads, several or many, on slender flower-stalks, measure nearly an inch across in spring, but are smaller in summer, and have numerous very narrow rays, white towards the center, shading to bright violet or pink at the tips, with a bright yellow center. This often grows in quantities on dry plains and mountain-sides, as far east as Texas, and is quite charming, the tufts of foliage, dotted with pretty delicate little flowers, not touching each other, but sprinkled over a large space, recalling the little flowers in early Italian pictures. E. pùmilis, of the Northwest and Utah, is much the same, with white rays.
Spreading Fleabane—E. divergens.
E Breweri.
Whip-lash Fleabane—Erigeron flagellaris.
Rayless Fleabane—E. concinnus var. aphanactis.
Large Mountain Fleabane
Erígeron salsuginòsus
Lilac
Summer
West, etc.
A large, handsome kind, abundant in the higher mountains and growing in moist places, as far east as Colorado. The stems are downy and leafy, from one to two feet tall, the leaves are smooth or slightly hairy, with bristle-like points, and the flowers are an inch and a half or more across, with bright yellow centers and clear bright lilac rays, not very narrow.
Yellow Fleabane
Erígeron àureus (Aplopappus Brandegei)
Yellow
Summer
Wash., Oreg.
A little alpine plant, about three inches tall, with downy stems, thickish, gray-green leaves, covered with close white down and forming a mat of foliage on the rocks at high altitudes. The flowers are rather more than half an inch across, with a woolly involucre, dark yellow center, and deep yellow rays, an unusual color among Fleabanes.
Seaside Daisy, Beach Aster
Erígeron glàucus
Violet, pink
Spring, summer
Cal., Oreg.
Very cheerful, sturdy-looking flowers, with stout, hairy stems, four to ten inches tall, and stiffish, slightly hairy leaves, rather pale in color. The handsome flowers are an inch and a half across, with numerous violet, lilac, or pink rays and rather dark yellow centers. This grows near the sea and is common on cliffs and sandy shores, where it makes beautiful spots of bright color.
Skevish, Philadelphia Fleabane
Erígeron Philadélphicus
Pink, mauve
Spring, summer
U. S.