''Erigeron salishii'' is a North American species of flowering plant in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

known by the common names Salish fleabane and Star Peak fleabane. It grows in the

Coast Ranges The Pacific Coast Ranges (officially gazetted as the Pacific Mountain System in the United States) are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along the West Coast of North America from Alaska south to Northern and Central Mexico. Although the ...

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

and

Washington state Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washington ...

. ''Erigeron salishii'' grows on cliffs, ledges, and gravelly slopes. It is a tiny perennial rarely more than 7 centimeters (2.8 inches) tall, with many stems crowded together into a compact clump. The inflorescence generally contains only 1 flower head per stem. Each

head A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste. Some very simple animals may ...

contains 15–32 blue, or white ray florets surrounding many yellow

disc floret The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

s.Flora of North America, ''Erigeron salishii'' G. W. Douglas & Packer, Can. J. Bot. 66: 414, fig. 1. 1988. Salish fleabane
/ref>Douglas, G. W. & J. G. Packer. 1988. ''Erigeron salishii'', a new ''Erigeron'' (Asteraceae) from British Columbia and Washington. Canadian Journal of Botany 66(3): 414–416.
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Alpine Flora of Washington State
photo salishii Flora of the Cascade Range Plants described in 1988 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Erigeron-stub