[Fleabanes and Daisies: The Genus Erigeron East of the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]

Coulter's Fleabane, Coulter's Daisy

Erigeron coulteri

Close-up of the inflorescence of Coulter's Fleabane, Coulter's Daisy: Erigeron coulteri

The photo above shows a close-up of a flower head of Coulter's fleabane. Note the white rays which number less than 100 on this flower head. Photographed along the Umatilla Rim Trail #3080 near Tollgate in the Umatilla N.F.........June 24, 2007.

Close-up of the involucral bracts of Coulter's Fleabane, Coulter's Daisy: Erigeron coulteri

The photo above shows a close-up of the hairy stem, leaves and involucral bracts of Coulter's fleabane. Note the blackish hairs on the involucral bracts. Photographed along the Umatilla Rim Trail #3080 near Tollgate in the Umatilla N.F..........June 24, 2007.

Coulter's Fleabane, Coulter's Daisy: Erigeron coulteri - Flower head of Coulter's Fleabane, Coulter's Daisy: Erigeron coulteri - Coulter's Fleabane, Coulter's Daisy: Erigeron coulteri

Coulter's fleabane as seen (left) along the Umatilla Rim Trail about one-third mile north of the junction with the Lake Creek Trail, Umatilla National Forest..........June 30, 2012. Coulter's fleabane as seen (center and right) in meadows along the East Fork Lostine River Trail #1662 about one-half mile downstream of Lost Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness.........August 4, 2016.

Coulter's Fleabane, Coulter's Daisy: Erigeron coulteri - Coulter's Fleabane, Coulter's Daisy: Erigeron coulteri

The photo at left shows the leafy stem of Coulter's fleabane capped by several flower heads. Photographed along the Umatilla Rim Trail #3080 near Tollgate in the Umatilla N.F.........June 24, 2007. The photo at right shows a close-up of the flower head of Coulter's fleabane as seen along the first mile or so of the North Fork Catherine Creek Trail #1902, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest......June 12, 2018.

Leaf of Coulter's Fleabane, Coulter's Daisy: Erigeron coulteri - Mid-stem leaf of Coulter's Fleabane, Coulter's Daisy: Erigeron coulteri

Close-up images of the basal leaf (left) and a stem leaf (right) of Coulter's fleabane. The long petiole of the basal leaves remains broad to its base as seen above. Photographed along the Umatilla Rim Trail #3080 near Tollgate in the Umatilla N.F........June 24, 2007.

Paul Slichter