Erigeron purpuratus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Erigeron |
Species: | E. purpuratus |
Binomial name | |
Erigeron purpuratus | |
Erigeron purpuratus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name purple fleabane. [1] The species grows in Alaska (part of the United States) and Yukon (part of Canada). [2]
Erigeron purpuratus is a perennial herb up to 14 centimeters (5.6 inches) tall, producing a large branching caudex that serves to spread the plant into clonal clumps. The plant generally produces only 1 flower head per stem, the bracts forming the sides of the head appearing purple. Each head has 40–90 purple, pink or white ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. The species grows on beaches, gravel bars, and alpine tundra. [1] [3]
Erigeron breweri is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Brewer's fleabane.
Erigeron elegantulus is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names blue dwarf fleabane and volcanic daisy.
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 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 biolettii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names streamside daisy and Bioletti's fleabane. It was named for University of California Professor of Viticulture and Enology Frederick Bioletti when he was an undergraduate. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the North Coast Ranges from Marin and Solano Counties north to Humboldt County. There is a report of the species growing in Alameda County, but it is from an urban area in Crestmont, hence probably either a cultivated specimen or an escaped introduction.
Erigeron sanctarum is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names saints fleabane and saints daisy. It is endemic to California, where it is known from San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties including two of the Channel Islands.
Erigeron pulchellus, the Robin's plantain, blue spring daisy or hairy fleabane, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of the United States and Canada from Québec and Ontario south as far as eastern Texas and the Florida Panhandle.
Erigeron elatior is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name tall fleabane.
Erigeron elatus is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names swamp fleabane and swamp boreal-daisy.
Erigeron elmeri is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Elmer's fleabane and Elmer's erigeron.
Erigeron formosissimus is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name beautiful fleabane.
Erigeron gracilis is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name quill fleabane.
Erigeron greenei is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Greene's narrow-leaved daisy .
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 native to the western part of the United States, in Wyoming, northern Utah, southern Idaho, and northeastern Nevada.
Erigeron nauseosus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Marysvale fleabane. It native to the western part of the United States, in northern Utah and Nevada.
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 subglaber is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name hairless fleabane. It has been found in the southern Rocky Mountains in the north-central part of the US state of New Mexico.
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.