BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Erigeron salishii
Salish daisy
| Scientific Name: | Erigeron salishii G.W. Douglas & Packer | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | Salish daisy | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | ERIGSAL | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G3 (Jan 2025) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S3S4 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 3 - Sensitive (2010) | ||||||||||
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| Global Ecology Comments: | Plants appear to tolerate severe frost action and wind exposure (BC CDC 2009). | ||||||||||
| Habitats: (Type / Subtype / Dependence) |
Alpine/Tundra / Tundra / Unknown
Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Unknown Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Talus / Unknown |
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| Global Habitat Comments: | Erigeron salishii grows on cliffs and gravelly slopes, ridges, and ledges, primarily on volcanic and granitic rock (FNA 2006, CPNWH 2025). | ||||||||||
| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | Erigeron salishii is known from central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, and from north-central Washington state (Okanogan, Chelan, Kittitas, Skagit, and Snohomish counties), United States. Range extent was estimated using herbarium specimens, photo-based observations, and NatureServe Network occurrence data collected between 1994 and 2025 (GBIF 2025, CPNWH 2025, iNaturalist 2025, NatureServe 2025, SEINet 2025). | ||||||||||
| Disjunct, more common elsewhere: | |||||||||||
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| Global Information Author: | Johnson, J. (2025) | ||||||||||
| Last Updated: | Jan 13, 2025 | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Douglas, G.W. 1995. The Sunflower Family (Asteraceae) of British Columbia. Vol. 2. Astereae, Anthemideae, Eupatorieae and Inuleae. Royal B.C. Mus. Victoria. 393pp. |
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Douglas, G.W. 1996. Endemic Vascular Plants of British Columbia and Immediately Adjacent Regions. Can. Field-Nat. 110(3):387-391. |
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Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Penny. 2002. Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia, 2nd ed. B.C. Conserv. Data Centre, Terrestrial Inf. Branch, Victoria. 358pp. |
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Douglas, G.W., G.B. Straley, and D. Meidinger. 1989. The vascular plants of British Columbia. Part 1. Gymnosperms and Dicotyledons (Asteraceae through Cucurbitaceae). Crown Publications Incorporated. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 208 pp. |
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Douglas, G.W., G.D. Straley, and D. Meidinger, eds. 1998b. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia, Vol. 1, Gymnosperms and Dicotyledons (Aceraceae through Asteraceae). B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Wildl. Branch, and B.C. Minist. For. Res. Program. 436pp. |
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Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 20. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 7: Asteraceae, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxii + 666 pp. |
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2025. Species Summary: Erigeron salishii. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 8, 2026).