Erigeron religiosus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Erigeron |
Species: | E. religiosus |
Binomial name | |
Erigeron religiosus | |
Erigeron religiosus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Clear Creek fleabane . [1] It is native to the southwestern United States, in southern Utah and northern Arizona. [2]
Erigeron religiosus grows in forested areas. It is an annual or perennial herb producing up to 40 centimeters (16 inches) long from a woody, branched underground caudex. The branching inflorescence can sometimes contain as many as 50 flower heads. Each head contains 37–85 white or lilac ray florets surrounding many yellow disc florets. [1] [3]
Erigeron is a large genus of plants in the composite family (Asteraceae). It is placed in the tribe Astereae and is closely related to the Old World asters (Aster) and the true daisies (Bellis). The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, but the highest diversity occurs in North America.
Erigeron abajoensis, the Abajo fleabane, is a species of Erigeron in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Utah in the western United States, and has been found also in neighboring parts of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It grows on sunny, dry, rocky slopes generally at elevations of 2,270 to 3,400 meters.
Erigeron concinnus, the Navajo fleabane, tidy fleabane or hairy daisy, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.
Erigeron breweri is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Brewer's fleabane.
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 tener is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name slender fleabane. It is native to the western United States, largely in the Great Basin, in the states of California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.
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 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 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.
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 cronquistii is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Cronquist's fleabane. It has been found only in the Bear River Range in Cache County in the northern part of the state of Utah in the United States.
Erigeron davisii is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Davis's fleabane . It has been found only in Idaho and in northeastern Oregon.
Erigeron jonesii is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Jones's fleabane. It is found primarily in Nevada and Utah, with a few populations in southern Idaho.
Erigeron ovinus is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, called the sheep fleabane. It has been found only in the southeastern part of the US state of Nevada.
Erigeron poliospermus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names gray-seeded fleabane, purple cushion fleabane, and hairy-seed fleabane. Native to western North America, it is mainly found to the east of the Cascade Range in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
Erigeron robustior is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name white cushion fleabane or Willamette fleabane. It is native to the southwestern Oregon and northern California in the western United States.
Erigeron sionis is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Zion fleabane. It has been found in the southwestern United States, only in southern Utah. Some of the populations are inside Zion National Park, after which the species is named.
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 uintahensis is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Uinta fleabane. It is native to the western United States, in the states of Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado.
Erigeron watsonii is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Watson's fleabane. It in the mountainous areas of the western United States, in the states of Idaho, Nevada, and Utah.