Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Asterales
        Family: Asteraceae
          Genus: Erigeron
            Species: hessii

Hess's Fleabane - Erigeron hessii

Hess's Fleabane

Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Densely tufted, sparsely hairy perennial herbs; stems from many crowded, short branches, 5-16 cm tall; basal leaves lance-shaped to elliptic, broader above the middle, to 7 cm long and 7 mm wide, usually smaller, blades about one-half the length of the leaf, tapering gradually to a flattened, ciliate petiole; stem leaves without petioles and progressively much smaller upwards; flower heads solitary at the ends of stems; involucral bracts finely glandular; ray flowers 44-75, white; achenes hairy, with a pappus of 13-18 bristles. Flowers August to early September.

Status

Global Rank: G1

State Rank: S1

State Status: E

Federal Status:

USFS Status: R3 SCC

BLM Status:

SWAP Status:

NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 2

Number of Mapped Locations: 3

Number of Observations: 7

Observation date range: 08-22-1968 to 08-08-2017

External Links

View More Information about this species at:
  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

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