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Erigeron pygmaeus is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name pygmy fleabane, or pygmy daisy. This wildflower is native to eastern California and western Nevada, where it grows in mountain forests, flats, and talus. It is a very small daisy, not exceeding 6 centimeters in height. It forms clumps of hairy, hairy foliage with leaves under four centimeters in length. The flower cluster holds a single small flower head with dark phyllaries and a corolla up to a centimeter wide. The center is filled with golden yellow disc florets and the ray florets are purple.
Perennial herb
2 in Tall
Pink, Yellow
Groundcover
Partial Shade
Alpine Fell-Fields, Subalpine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 8 likely
Gabb's Checkerspot
Chlosyne gabbii
Northern Checkerspot
Chlosyne palla
Sierra Nevada Checkerspot
Chlosyne whitneyi
Gray-hooded-Owlet Moth
Cucullia florea