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El Paso County Wildflower Project - Dwarf Mountain Fleabane

Dwarf Mountain Fleabane

Bloom Season: June - August

Habitat: Thrives in dry, well-draining, rocky soils. It is well-adapted to exposed alpine conditions and frequently colonizes scree slopes, rock fields, and areas of ground disturbance.

Photography Notes: Photographer-friendly. Watch that histogram!

Credits: Elaine Hambly, 16 June

Erigeron compositus is an Arctic and alpine species of fleabane in the family Asteraceae.[3] Common names include dwarf mountain fleabane, cutleaf daisy, and trifid mountain fleabane.[4][5]

Erigeron compositus has been found in the Russian Far East (Wrangel Island and Chukotka), Alaska, Greenland, much of Canada (all three Arctic territories plus British Columbia, all three Prairie Provinces, Quebec, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia), and the Western United States (from the Pacific Coast as far east as the Dakotas, Colorado, and New Mexico).[3][6]

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Dwarf Mountain Fleabane (native) is one of many wildflowers featured in the El Paso CO Wildflower Project, a community-built field guide documenting the wildflowers of El Paso County, Colorado.