Erigeron elegantulus

Erigeron elegantulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Erigeron
Species: E. elegantulus
Binomial name
Erigeron elegantulus

Erigeron elegantulus is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common names blue dwarf fleabane and volcanic daisy.

Erigeron elegantulus is an uncommon plant native to the Modoc Plateau and nearby areas in northeastern California and in eastern and southern Oregon.[1]

Erigeron elegantulus grows on the rocky volcanic soils of the region. It is a small perennial herb forming patches of narrow, hard, pointed leaves a few centimeters long in shades of green to white. The erect stems are up to 15 centimeters (8 inches) in height and each hold a single flower head less than a centimeter (0.4 inches) wide. The head has a center of yellow disc florets and a fringe of 20-25 ray florets which may be blue, purple, or pink.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  2. ↑ Flora of North America, Erigeron elegantulus Greene. Volcanic daisy
  3. ↑ Greene, Edward Lee 1895. Erythea 3(4): 65


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