Erigeron bellidiastrum
| Erigeron bellidiastrum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Erigeron |
| Species: | E. bellidiastrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Erigeron bellidiastrum Nutt. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Erigeron bellidiastrum (western daisy fleabane[2] or sand fleabane) is a species of fleabane in the daisy family. It is native to northern Mexico (State of Chihuahua) and the western and central United States (western Great Plains and open sandy areas in the deserts west of the Rockies).[3]
Erigeron bellidiastrum is an annual or biennial herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall, with a taproot. It produces flower heads in groups of 1-12 on the ends of branches. Each head can have up to 70 white ray florets surrounding many small disc florets.[4]
- Erigeron bellidiastrum var. arenarius (Greene) G.L.Nesom - New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua).
- Erigeron bellidiastrum var. bellidiastrum - Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming
- Erigeron bellidiastrum var. robustus Cronquist - Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
References
- 1 2 The Plant List, Erigeron bellidiastrum Nutt.
- ↑ "Erigeron bellidiastrum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- 1 2 Flora of North America, Erigeron bellidiastrum Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 307. 1840. Sand fleabane
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