Stalked Fleabane

Perennials, 2–30 cm; rhizomatous, fibrous-rooted, caudex or rhizome branches relatively short and thick. Stems erect, sparsely villoso-hirsute, minutely glandular. Leaves mostly basal (persistent); blades obovate to oblanceolate, 10–70 × 2–7(–12) mm, cauline abruptly reduced distally, margins entire (apices rounded), faces strigose to strigoso-hirsute, sometimes sparsely glandular. Heads 1. Involucres 5–8 × 8–18 mm. Phyllaries in (2–)3–4 series (often purplish throughout or at margins and tips), hirsute to hirsuto-villous (hair cross walls not colored), minutely glandular. Ray florets 25–125; corollas blue to pink or purple, 5–13 mm (mostly 1–2 mm wide), laminae coiling. Disc corollas 3–4.8 mm. Cypselae 1.9–2.1 mm, 2-nerved, faces strigose; pappi: outer of setae, inner of 10–15(–20) bristles.

Erigeron algidus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name stalked fleabane.

Erigeron algidus is native to the High Sierra and nearby peaks in eastern California and western Nevada.Biota of north America Program 2014 county distribution map It is a resident of alpine plant communities such as talus slopes.

Erigeron algidus a daisy-like perennial with a basal clump of narrow fuzzy leaves and erect, naked stems to 30 centimeters (1 foot) in height. Atop each stem is a flower head one to one and a half centimeters (0.4-0.6 inches) wide with a yellow center of disc florets and an outer fringe of up to 125 ray florets in shades of bright purple, pink, or white. The rays spread straight out or reflex back from the center.