Erigeron tener | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Erigeron |
Species: | E. tener |
Binomial name | |
Erigeron tener | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Erigeron tener is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name slender fleabane. [2] 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. [3] [2]
Erigeron tener grows in open, rocky habitats. It is a perennial herb up to 20 centimeters (8 inches) tall, producing a large taproot and a woody caudex. It is surrounded at the base by narrow oval leaves up to 8 cm (3.2 inches) long, on petioles. There may be a few much smaller leaves along the stem. The inflorescence is made up of 1-3 flower heads per stem, each head lined with hairy, glandular phyllaries. The head contains 15–40 blue or purple ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. [4] [5]
Erigeron aliceae is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Alice Eastwood's fleabane, or simply Alice's fleabane. It was named for American botanist Alice Eastwood, 1859 - 1953.
Erigeron aphanactis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name rayless daisy, or rayless shaggy fleabane. This wildflower is native to the western United States, primarily the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau regions.
Erigeron argentatus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name silver fleabane. It is native to the western United States.
Erigeron bloomeri is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name scabland fleabane.
Erigeron breweri is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Brewer's fleabane.
Erigeron cervinus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Siskiyou fleabane and Siskiyou daisy.
Erigeron coulteri is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names large mountain fleabane, Coulter's fleabane, and Coulter's daisy.
Erigeron eatonii is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Eaton's fleabane.
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
Erigeron parishii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Parish's fleabane.
Erigeron utahensis is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Utah fleabane.
Erigeron miser is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names starved daisy or starved fleabane. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the northern High Sierra Nevada.
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 supplex is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names supple daisy or supple fleabane. It grows along the coastline and in the Coast Ranges in California, north of San Francisco Bay. It probably remains only in Sonoma and Marin Counties. There is a report of it growing well inland in Shasta County, but this is from a farm and probably a cultivated specimen.
Erigeron asperugineus, the Idaho fleabane, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Western United States, particularly the states of Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Nevada.
Erigeron chrysopsidis is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name dwarf yellow fleabane. It is found in the western United States: southeastern Washington, Oregon, extreme northern California, northern Nevada, Idaho.
Erigeron modestus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name plains fleabane. It native to northern Mexico and the southwestern and south-central parts of the United States.
Erigeron oxyphyllus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name wand fleabane. It is native to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
Erigeron tenuis is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name slender-leaf fleabane. It is native to the south-central part of the United States from central Texas to the Florida Panhandle, north as far as Missouri and Kansas.
Erigeron tracyi is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name running fleabane. It is native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.