Erigeron
See also: erigeron
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἦρι (êri, “early in the morning”) and γέρων (gérōn, “old man”), a reference to the appearance of the white hairs of the fruit soon after flowering[1] or possibly alluding to the early appearance of the seed heads.[2]
Proper noun
Erigeron m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – flowering daisy-like plants, including certain fleabanes.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Asteraceae - family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Astereae - tribe
Hyponyms
- For species see
References
- Erigeron at USDA Plants database
- Hyam, R.; Pankhurst, R.J. (1995) Plants and their names : a concise dictionary, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178
- Frances Perry: Collins Guide to Border Plants 2nd edition (1956) p.145
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