''Erigeron pallens'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae known by the common name pale fleabane.
[ It is native to the Rocky Mountains of western Canada ( Alberta + British Columbia).Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map]
/ref> There are some reports of the species in arctic regions but these populations have been reclassified under other species.[Flora of North America ''Erigeron pallens'' Cronquist, 1947. Pale fleabane ]
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''Erigeron pallens'' is a tiny, unbranching perennial herb rarely more than 10 centimeters (4 inches) tall, producing a woody taproot. The leaves are covered with wool. The plant generally produces only 1 flower head per stem, each head with 50–60 white, pink, or purple ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. The plant grows on rocky slopes in sparsely vegetated slopes.[
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References
pallens
Plants described in 1947
Flora of Western Canada
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Taxa named by Arthur Cronquist
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