Biology:Erigeron elatior

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Erigeron elatior
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Erigeron
Species:
E. elatior
Binomial name
Erigeron elatior
(A.Gray) Greene
Synonyms[3]
  • Erigeron grandiflorus var. elatior A.Gray
  • Erigeron grandiflorum var. elatius A.Gray[1][2]

Erigeron elatior is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name tall fleabane.[1]

Erigeron elatior is native to the western United States, in the states of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.[4] It grows in subalpine brush, mountain meadows, and openings in coniferous forests.[1]

Erigeron elatior is a perennial herb up to 60 centimeters (2 feet) in height, spreading buy means of woody underground rhizomes. It produces 1-6 flower heads per stem, each head with 75–150 pink or rose-purple ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.[1][5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15589284 entry