Erigeron salishii

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image_caption = In Strathcona Provincial Park, British Columbia

| genus = Erigeron

| species = salishii

| authority = G.W.Douglas & Packer

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Erigeron salishii is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Salish fleabane and Star Peak fleabane.{{PLANTS|id=ERSA17|taxon=Erigeron salishii|accessdate=30 June 2015}} It grows in the Coast Ranges of British Columbia and Washington state.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Erigeron%20salishii.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]

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 contains 15–32 blue, or white ray florets surrounding many yellow disc florets.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066672 Flora of North America, Erigeron salishii G. W. Douglas & Packer, Can. J. Bot. 66: 414, fig. 1. 1988. Salish fleabane ][http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/b88-066?journalCode=cjb1#.VZJg7UaYEfA 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.]