Erigeron ochroleucus

Erigeron ochroleucus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Erigeron
Species: E. ochroleucus
Binomial name
Erigeron ochroleucus
Synonyms[1][2][3]

Erigeron ochroleucus is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family, called the buff fleabane[4] or buff daisy. It is native to western Canada and the western United States from Alaska and Yukon southeast as far as Colorado and Nebraska.[5]

Erigeron ochroleucus is a biennial or perennial herb up to 35 centimeters (14 inches) tall. The plant generally produces 1-8 flower heads per stem, each head with up to 70 white or pink ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. The species grows on open slopes and meadows in sagebrush scrub and conifer forests.[6]

References

  1. Tropicos, Erigeron ochroleucus Nutt.
  2. Tropicos, Erigeron tweedyanus Canby & Rose
  3. The Plant List, Erigeron ochroleucus Nutt.
  4. "Erigeron ochroleucus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  5. Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  6. Flora of North America, Erigeron ochroleucus Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 311. 1840. Buff fleabane


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