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26. Erigeron téner A. Gray. Slender Daisy. Fig. 5607. 
Erigeron Ha ge var. tenerus A. Gray, Bot. spots = i 1876. 
Erigeron tener A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Ac oc 16 
Erigeron hclondis Sad Bot. Gaz. 41 1: 291, dae 
Perennial with a taproot and branched caudex, slender, lax, 3-15 cm. tall, the herbage moder- 
ately o ap fel strigose. Basal leaves petiolate, with oblanceolate to obovate or rhombic, mostly 
blade d 2- 1 
acute or eae a ~25 mm. long an mm. wide; cauline leaves few and linear ; heads 1-3, 
the in r 5-5 high, finely glandular and usually shortly spreading-hairy ; phyllaries im- 
icate, firm, somewhat thickened especially the outer, mostly greenish bro ati d k idrib, 
the inner with thin, often purpli argins; rays 15- ue or sometimes mm. long, 
1-1.7 mm. wide; see eeptns 2.7-4.1 mm. long; inner ‘pappus of 15-30 Eriatice the outer obscure 
or pai 2 — ved. 
Roc d dry rocky soil, eal Zone; mountains of California (Cascade Mountains and Sierra 
Newsday” any eaten le to won eee and cont) vehi rare in our range. Type locality: Silver 
Mountain, near Ebbett Pass, Alpine County, California. June-A 
27. Erigeron Soaks Acape A. Gray. Hairy-seeded Daisy. Fig. 5608. 
Erigeron poliospermus A. Gra. A 10. 1884. 
Erigeron poliospermus £. dlctorma: aay Antonis’ 6: 194. 1947. A form with the pistillate flowers eligu- 
inte 
Per secntah with a taproot and short branched caudex, the several stems seldom over 15 cm. tall; 
herbage and involucre evidently spreading-hairy and glan idular, more hairy than glandular, the 
5603. Erigeron petiolaris 5605. Erigeron pygmaeus 
5604. Erigeron clokeyi 5606. Erigeron uncialis 
