Erigeron grandiflorus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Erigeron |
Species: | E. grandiflorus |
Binomial name | |
Erigeron grandiflorus | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Erigeron simplexGreene |
Erigeron grandiflorus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Rocky Mountain alpine fleabane [3] and largeflower fleabane. [4]
Erigeron grandiflorus is native to the Rocky Mountains and other nearby mountain ranges of western Canada and the western United States, from Alberta and British Columbia south to New Mexico and Arizona. [3] [5] It grows in meadows, rocky areas, and near timberline. [3]
Erigeron grandiflorus is a perennial herb up to 25 cm (10 inches) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. The plant generally produces only one flower heads per stem. Each head contains as many as 130 blue, pink, white, or purple ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. [3] [6] [7]
Townsendia is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.
Crocidium multicaule is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name spring gold.
Erigeron strigosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names prairie fleabane, common eastern fleabane, and daisy fleabane.
Crocidium is a small North American genus of plants in the daisy family. Crocidium is native to western North America: British Columbia Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and California.
Erigeron bellidiastrum, the western daisy fleabane or sand fleabane, is a species of fleabane in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Mexico and the western and central United States.
Erigeron consimilis is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names foothill fleabane and San Rafael fleabane. It is found in the western United States: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming.
Erigeron flagellaris is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names trailing fleabane.
Erigeron filifolius is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names thread-leaf fleabane.
Erigeron lackschewitzii is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Lackschewitz's fleabane. It is native to the Rocky Mountains in the Canadian province of Alberta and the US state of Montana.
Erigeron leiomerus is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names rockslide yellow fleabane or rockslide fleabane. It is native to the western United States, primarily in the Rocky Mountains and the Great Basin. It has been found in Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Erigeron mancus is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names depauperate fleabane and imperfect fleabane. It has been found only in southeastern Utah.
Erigeron poliospermus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names gray-seeded fleabane and purple cushion fleabane. Native to western North America, it is mainly found to the east of the Cascade Range in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
Erigeron pulcherrimus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name basin fleabane. The species grows in the western United States in the eastern part of the Intermountain Region west of the Rocky Mountains. It has been found in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.
Erigeron radicatus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Hooker's fleabane and taproot fleabane The species grows in central Canada and parts of the north-central United States, primarily the northern Rocky Mountains and the Black Hills. It has been found in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, and South Dakota, with a few isolated populations reported from North Dakota.
Erigeron rybius is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Sacramento Mountain fleabane and royal fleabane. It is native to the western Texas and south-central New Mexico in the southwestern United States. The common name alludes to the Sacramento Mountains just east of Alamogordo in New Mexico.
Erigeron trifidus is a Canadian species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Alberta fleabane. It is native to the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia in western Canada.
Erigeron tweedyi, or Tweedy's fleabane, is a perennial herb in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Rocky Mountains in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.
Erigeron velutipes is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names delicate fleabane and Chihuahuan fleabane.
Erigeron vreelandii is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names sticky tall fleabane and Vreeland's erigeron. It grows in northwestern Mexico and in the southwestern United States.
Erigeron vicinus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names neighbor fleabane and border fleabane. It grows in north-central Mexico and in western Texas in the United States. Some of the populations lie inside Big Bend National Park.