Erigeron poliospermus

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

Erigeron poliospermus is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names gray-seeded fleabane[1] and purple cushion fleabane.[2] It has been found in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.[3]

Erigeron poliospermus is a small perennial herb rarely more than 15 centimeters (6 inches) tall, producing a woody taproot. The plant generally produces only 1-3 flower heads per stem. Each head has 15–45 pink, purple, or white ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. The ray florets are lacking in var. disciformis[1][4][5]

Varieties

References

  1. 1 2 Flora of North America, Erigeron poliospermus A. Gray 1884.
  2. ↑ "Erigeron poliospermus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ↑ Cronquist, A.J. 1994. Asterales. 5: 1–496. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.
  5. ↑ Scoggan, H. J. 1979. Dicotyledoneae (Loasaceae to Compositae). Part 4. 1117–1711 pp. In Flora of Canada. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.
  6. ↑ Nesom, Guy L. 2004. Sida 21(1): 24
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