Erigeron speciosus

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Erigeron speciosus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Erigeron
Species:
E. speciosus
Binomial name
Erigeron speciosus
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy
  • Erigeron conspicuusRydb.
  • Erigeron eucephaloidesGreene
  • Erigeron grandiflorusNutt. October 1834 not Hook. September 1834
  • Erigeron leiophyllusGreene
  • Erigeron leucotrichusRydb.
  • Erigeron macranthusNutt.
  • Erigeron salicinusRydb.
  • Erigeron villosulusGreene
  • Stenactis speciosaLindl.

Erigeron speciosus is a widespread North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names aspen fleabane, [2] garden fleabane, [3] and showy fleabane. [4]

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Description

E. speciosus is a perennial herb up which grows up to 100 centimetres (39 inches) tall, producing underground rhizomes and a woody caudex. The inflorescence generally contains 2–20 flower heads per stem. Each head contains 75–150 white, lavender or blue ray florets surrounding many yellow disc florets. [4] [5] Flowers bloom from June to October. [4] [6]

The species is similar to E. subtrinervis , the stems and leaves of which are hairy. [6]

Etymology

The specific epithet speciosus means 'pretty'. [6]

Distribution and habitat

The species has been found in western Canada and the United States, from Alberta and British Columbia south as far as Arizona and New Mexico, [6] [7] with some isolated populations in the Mexican state of Baja California. It grows in open coniferous forests. [6]

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

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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.

References

  1. The Plant List, Erigeron speciosus (Lindl.) DC.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Erigeron speciosus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. 1 2 3 Flora of North America, Erigeron speciosus. Showy fleabane
  5. Eastwood, Alice 1896. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 2, 6: 297
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Spellenberg, Richard (2001) [1979]. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Region (rev ed.). Knopf. p. 373. ISBN   978-0-375-40233-3.
  7. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map