Biology:Erigeron pringlei
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Erigeron pringlei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Erigeron |
| Species: | E. pringlei
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| Binomial name | |
| Erigeron pringlei A.Gray
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Erigeron pringlei is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Pringle's fleabane.[1] It has been found in only in the state of Arizona in the southwestern United States.[2]
Erigeron pringlei is a perennial herb up to 16 centimeters (6.4 inches) tall, producing a thick underground woody caudex. The plant generally produces only 1 flower head per stem but sometimes 2 or 3. Each head has 20–35 pink or white ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. The species grows on ledges and in cracks in cliff faces.[1]
References
External links
- [1] Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Santa Rita Mountains in 1881. probably isotype of Erigeron pringlei
Wikidata ☰ Q15594865 entry
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