Erigeron ochroleucus

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Erigeron ochroleucus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Erigeron
Species:
E. ochroleucus
Binomial name
Erigeron ochroleucus
Synonyms [1] [2] [3]
Synonymy
  • Erigeron ochroleucumNutt.
  • Erigeron canescensParry ex A.Gray
  • Erigeron laetevirensRydb.
  • Erigeron montanensisRydb.
  • Erigeron ochroleucus var. hirtellus(DC.) A.Gray
  • Erigeron ochroleucus var. scribneri(Canby ex Rydb.) Cronquist
  • Erigeron scribneriCanby ex Rydb.
  • Erigeron tweedyanusCanby & Rose
  • Wyomingia tweedyana(Canby & Rose) A. Nelson

Erigeron ochroleucus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, called the buff fleabane [4] or buff daisy. It is native to western Canada and the western United States from Alaska and Yukon southeast as far as Colorado and Nebraska. [5]

Erigeron ochroleucus is a biennial or perennial herb up to 35 centimeters (14 inches) tall. The plant generally produces 1-8 flower heads per stem, each head with up to 70 white or pink ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. The species grows on open slopes and meadows in sagebrush scrub and conifer forests. [6]

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<i>Erigeron compositus</i> Species of fleabane

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<i>Erigeron foliosus</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Erigeron inornatus</i> Species of flowering plant

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

<i>Erigeron glacialis</i> Species of flowering plant

Erigeron glacialis, the glacial daisy, glacial fleabane, Subalpine fleabane, or wandering fleabane, is a western North American perennial plant in the family Asteraceae.

<i>Erigeron pumilus</i> Species of flowering plant

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.

<i>Erigeron alpiniformis</i> Species of flowering plant

Erigeron alpiniformis is a rare Arctic species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, and one of several plants known by the common name alpine fleabane. It has been found only in Greenland and in Labrador and Nunavut in Canada.

<i>Erigeron arenarioides</i> Species of flowering plant

Erigeron arenarioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names sand fleabane and Wasatch fleabane. It has been found only in the northern part of the state of Utah in the western United States.

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.

<i>Erigeron caespitosus</i> Species of flowering plant

Erigeron caespitosus is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name tufted fleabane. It is native to western Canada and the 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.

<i>Erigeron corymbosus</i> Species of plant

Erigeron corymbosus is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name long-leaf fleabane. It is found in western Canada and the western United States.

<i>Erigeron flagellaris</i> Species of flowering plant

Erigeron flagellaris is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names trailing fleabane.

<i>Erigeron filifolius</i> Species of flowering plant

Erigeron filifolius is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names thread-leaf fleabane.

<i>Erigeron glabellus</i> North American species of flowering daisy

Erigeron glabellus is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, called the streamside fleabane.

<i>Erigeron leiomerus</i> Species of flowering plant

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 nanus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name dwarf fleabane. It is native to the western part of the United States, in Wyoming, northern Utah, southern Idaho, and northeastern Nevada.

<i>Erigeron speciosus</i> Species of flowering plant

Erigeron speciosus is a widespread North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names aspen fleabane, garden fleabane, and showy fleabane.

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 wilkenii is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Wilken's fleabane and Dieter's erigeron. It has been found only inside Dinosaur National Monument in the US state of Colorado.

References

  1. Tropicos, Erigeron ochroleucus Nutt.
  2. Tropicos, Erigeron tweedyanus Canby & Rose
  3. The Plant List, Erigeron ochroleucus Nutt.
  4. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Erigeron ochroleucus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  5. Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  6. Flora of North America, Erigeron ochroleucus Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 311. 1840. Buff fleabane