[Fleabanes and Daisies: The Genus Erigeron East of the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington with Discoid Flower Heads]
Cutleaf Daisy, Cut-leaved Daisy, Dwarf Mountain Fleabane, Trifid Mountain Fleabane
Erigeron compositus var. glabratus
The photo above shows a rayless specimen of cut-leaved daisy (var. glabratus), from the
Steens Mountain summit, Harney County, Oregon.........September 1, 2011.
Characteristics:
Low growing wildflower to 5 inches tall, with haired, fan-shaped leaves, each
with cut lobes. Disc flowers yellow, frequently with or without ray flowers
in the same population. Ray flowers white. Flowers from May to August.
Habitat:
Found in open, rocky or sandy places from the lowlands to well above timberline.
Mostly montane in the Pacific Northwest.
Range:
From Alaska east to Greenland, south to South Dakota, northern Colorado and
California, and westward to the Cascade summits of Washington and Oregon.
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Close-ups of the flower heads and leaves of a rayless specimen of cut-leaved daisy (var. glabratus), from the
Steens Mountain summit, Harney County, Oregon.........September 1, 2011.
Cut-leaved daisy (dscoid form) as seen along the South Loop Road about one mile downhill to the west of the East Rim Viewpoint, Steens Mountain...........July 9, 2014.
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Cut-leaved daisy (discoid form) as seen at left at the summit of Table Rock, Monument Rock Wilderness.......August 3, 2011. The photo at right shows a rayless specimen of cut-leaved daisy (var. glabratus), from the
Steens Mt, Harney County, OR......August 3, 1995.
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A rayless specimen of cut-leaved daisy (var. glabratus) as seen on basalt rocks at the base of Bullrun Rock, Monument Rock Wilderness......July 9, 2023.
Cut-leaved daisy with white ray flowers.
Paul Slichter