Erigeron peregrinus (Wandering Daisy)

 7/9/16 SR 108 (Sonora Pass Hwy.), Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest,

Sierra Nevada, Mono County, CA

7/9/16 SR 108, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest,

Sierra Nevada, Mono County, CA

7/4/16 Mosquito Flat, Rock Creek, Inyo National Forest,

Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

7/3/16 Meadow restoration area, South Lake Road, Bishop region,

Eastern Sierra, Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Wandering Daisy

SPECIES: Erigeron peregrinus

FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/3/2016

LOCATION: Meadow restoration area, South Lake Road, Bishop region, Eastern Sierra, Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual 1993:

Perennial 8–45 cm, from short rhizome, branched on upper stems, glabrous or strigose above

Leaves: basal 5–20 cm, oblanceolate to spoon-shaped, glabrous or sparsely spreading-hairy; cauline ± reduced upward, generally lanceolate to ovate, subclasping

Inflorescence flat-topped; heads 1–4, 10–21 mm diam; phyllaries ± equal, with long-acuminate, loosely spreading tips, densely stalked-glandular

Ray flowers 30–105; corollas 8–15 mm, ligules white to purple, coiled

Fruit 4–7-ribbed; pappus bristles 20–30

Ecology: Clearings, talus, alpine meadows

Elevation: 1300–3400 m.  

Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, High Cascade Range, High Sierra Nevada, Warner Mountains, East of Sierra Nevada 

Distribution outside California: to Alaska, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, e Asia

Horticultural information: TRY; DFCLT.