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SHAGGY FLEABANE

Class: Erigeron pumilus
Family: ASTER FAMILY
Sub Family: Asteraceae, Compositae
Year: Perennial
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Colour: Pale purple to white
Height: 15-60 cm (6"-2')
Each Flower: Up to 2.5 cm (1") across with many, narrow ray-petals 9 mm (3/8") long, surrounding greenish-yellow disk; involucre has fine, green, hairy bracts about 5 mm (3/16") long
Leaves: Many, long, narrow, strap-like leaves up to 7.5 cm (3") long, often twisted, covered with soft hairs, becoming smaller towards top of stem
Stems: Green, rigid, hairy, branching into flower-stems above
Blooming Period: May - July
Habitat: Dry sagebrush flats and open plains
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