Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in central and southeastern Washington; central Washington to California, east to Idaho and Nevada.
Habitat: Dry, open, rocky areas at low to moderate elevations
Flowers: June-August
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bees, butterflies, flies, apomixis?
Perennial with a tap-root and branched, short woody base, 5-15 cm. tall, the herbage with fine, white hairs aligned in one direction.
Leaves all in a basal cluster, linear, 2-7 cm. long and 0.7-2 mm. wide.
Heads solitary on long peduncles; involucre 5-10 mm. high, with soft hairs; ray and pistillate flowers absent; disk corollas 4.5-7 mm. long, yellow; pappus bristles 25-40, unequal.
Achenes glabrous below, short-hairy above.
Publication: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 6: 540. 1865.
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var. bloomeri – Bloomer's fleabane, scabland fleabane
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in central and southeastern Washington; central Washington to California, east to Idaho and Nevada.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Erigeron bloomeri in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Erigeron bloomeri checklist entry
OregonFlora: Erigeron bloomeri information
E-Flora BC: Erigeron bloomeri atlas page
CalPhotos: Erigeron bloomeri photos
