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|accepted_name=Erigeron tener
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray) A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Notes Compositae,
|place=91. 1880
|year=1880
}}
|common_names=Slender fleabane
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Erigeron caespitosus var. tenerus
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=variety
|publication_title=in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California
|publication_place=1: 328. 1876 (as caespitosum var. tenerum)
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Erigeron;Erigeron tener
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Erigeron]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Erigeron tener]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 275
|treatment_page=page 304
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 2–15(–20) cm; taprooted, caudex branches commonly relatively slender, lignescent. <b>Stems</b> erect, sparsely strigillose (hairs white, stiff), sometimes minutely glandular. <b>Leaves</b> mostly basal (persistent); (gray-green) blades 1-nerved spatulate, rhombic-elliptic to narrowly elliptic-ovate, (10–)15–80 × 2–7 mm, margins entire (apices sharply acute), faces moderately to densely strigillose (hairs white, stiff), eglandular. <b>Heads</b> 1(–3). <b>Involucres</b> 3–5 × 6–12 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 2–3 series, sparsely to moderately hirsute, densely minutely glandular. <b>Ray</b> florets (15–)20–40; corollas blue to purple, 4–8 mm, laminae not coiling or reflexing. <b>Disc</b> corollas 2.5–4.1 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 1.6–2.5 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of setae, inner of 15–25(–30) bristles. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Rocky or gravelly habitats, often in talus, cliff ledges, crevices, or along ridgetops, in Atriplex, sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, yellow pine, bristlecone pine, limber pine, or spruce
|elevation=1700–3200(–3400) m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wyo.
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name=Erigeron tener
|authority=(A. Gray) A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Erigeron caespitosus var. tenerus
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Rocky or gravelly habitats, often in talus, cliff ledges, crevices, or along ridgetops, in Atriplex, sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, yellow pine, bristlecone pine, limber pine, or spruce
|elevation=1700–3200(–3400) m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Notes Compositae,
|publication year=1880
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Erigeron
|species=Erigeron tener
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