Erigeron elatior
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Erigeron elatior is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common name tall fleabane.[1]
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.[1]
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.[1][5]
References
- ^ a b c d Flora of North America, Erigeron elatior (A. Gray) Greene. tall fleabane
- ^ Gray, Asa 1862. American Journal of Science, and Arts, ser. 2, 33(98): 237
- ^ The Plant List, Erigeron elatior (A.Gray) Greene
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Greene, Edward Lee 1897. Pittonia 3(16B): 163
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