Erigeron glacialis | |
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Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Erigeron |
Species: | E. glacialis |
Binomial name | |
Erigeron glacialis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Erigeron glacialis, the glacial daisy, glacial fleabane, Subalpine fleabane, [2] or wandering fleabane, [3] is a western North American perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. [4]
Erigeron glacialis is native to the mountains of western North America, including Cascades, the Sierra Nevada, and the Rocky Mountains. [5] It has been found from Alaska and Yukon south as far as California, Arizona, and New Mexico. [6] In the Sierra Nevada, it may be found with mixed coniferous and upper montane vegetation types, and in the alpine zone to 11,200 feet (3,400 m). [4] [3]
Erigeron glacialis is a perennial herb up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall, with a thick taproot and spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are up to 20 cm (8 inches) long, linear-oblanceolate to broadly lanceolate or spatulate. Each stem sometimes produces only 1 flower head, sometimes a group of up to 8. Each head has up to 80 white, blue, pink, or lavender ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. [2]
It blooms between July and September. [4]
Erigeron concinnus, the Navajo fleabane, tidy fleabane or hairy daisy, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.
Erigeron aphanactis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name rayless daisy, or rayless shaggy fleabane. This wildflower is native to the western United States, primarily the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau regions.
Erigeron bloomeri is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name scabland fleabane.
Erigeron breweri is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Brewer's fleabane.
Erigeron clokeyi is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Clokey's fleabane, or Clokey's daisy.
Erigeron eatonii is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Eaton's fleabane.
Erigeron foliosus, known by the common names leafy daisy and leafy fleabane, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Erigeron inornatus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name California rayless daisy, California rayless fleabane, rayless fleabane, Lava rayless fleabane
Erigeron peregrinus is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name wandering fleabane.
Erigeron pygmaeus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name pygmy fleabane, or pygmy daisy.
Erigeron vagus is a high-elevation species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names rambling fleabane.
Erigeron petrophilus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names rockloving erigeron or cliff fleabane. It is native to the mountain ranges of California from Siskiyou County south as far as San Luis Obispo County and El Dorado County. It also grows in southwestern Oregon.
Erigeron reductus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name lesser California rayless fleabane. It is endemic to California, from Trinity County south as far as Alameda County and El Dorado County.
Erigeron pumilus, the shaggy fleabane, or vernal daisy, is a hairy North American species of perennial plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of western Canada and the western United States, from British Columbia east to Saskatchewan and south as far as Oklahoma and the San Bernardino Mountains of California. There have been reports of the plant growing in Yukon Territory, but these were based on misidentified specimens.
Erigeron asperugineus, the Idaho fleabane, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Western United States, particularly the states of Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Nevada.
Erigeron barbellulatus, commonly known as shining fleabane, is a species of fleabane in the family Asteraceae.
Erigeron chrysopsidis is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name dwarf yellow fleabane. It is found in the western United States: southeastern Washington, Oregon, extreme northern California, northern Nevada, Idaho.
Erigeron filifolius is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names thread-leaf fleabane.
Erigeron glabellus is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, called the streamside fleabane.
Erigeron subtrinervis, called the three-nerved daisy, the three-nerve fleabane, or the hairy showy daisy, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It grows in various mountains of western Canada and the western United States: Rocky Mountains, northern Cascades, Black Hills, etc., from British Columbia and Washington state east to North Dakota and south as far as New Mexico.