Erigeron elatior

Erigeron elatior is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common name tall fleabane.[2]

Erigeron elatior
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 grandiflorus var. elatior A.Gray
  • Erigeron grandiflorum var. elatius A.Gray[2][3]

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
  1. The Plant List, Erigeron elatior (A.Gray) Greene
  2. Flora of North America, Erigeron elatior (A. Gray) Greene. tall fleabane
  3. "The American journal of science and arts". ser.2:v.33=no.97-99 (1862). 30 July 1862. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map".
  5. Lee, Greene, Edward (30 July 1896). "Pittonia". v.3 (1896-1898). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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