Erigeron elatior
Erigeron elatior | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Tribe: | Astereae |
Genus: | Erigeron |
Species: | E. elatior |
Binomial name | |
Erigeron elatior | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Erigeron elatior is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common name tall fleabane.[2]
Erigeron elatior is native to the western United States, in the states of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.[4] It grows in subalpine brush, mountain meadows, and openings in coniferous forests.[2]
Erigeron elatior is a perennial herb up to 60 centimeters (2 feet) in height, spreading buy means of woody underground rhizomes. It produces 1-6 flower heads per stem, each head with 75–150 pink or rose-purple ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.[2][5]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Erigeron elatior (A.Gray) Greene
- 1 2 3 4 Flora of North America, Erigeron elatior (A. Gray) Greene. tall fleabane
- ↑ "The American journal of science and arts". ser.2:v.33=no.97-99 (1862). 30 July 1862.
- ↑ "Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map".
- ↑ Lee,, Greene, Edward (30 July 1896). "Pittonia". v.3 (1896-1898).
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