PINK FLEABANE 



Erigeron caespitosus Nuttall 



The pink fleabane may be seen in great perfection in June in the 

 upper Columbia River Valley. It seems to delight in dry, sandy soils, 

 and especially after a shower, its graceful clumps of daisylike flowers, 

 variously shaded from white to pink or pale purple, are a delight to the 

 eye. It is a member of a group of plants widely distributed in North 

 America, and represented in the Rocky Mountains by a hundred or more 

 species. 



Pink fleabane ranges from Colorado and Utah to the Yukon. 



The specimen drawn was collected in the Saskatchewan River 

 VaUey, fifty miles north of Lake Louise, Alberta, at an altitude of 

 3,500 feet. 



PLATE 61 



