Erigeron elmeri

Erigeron elmeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Erigeron
Species: E. elmeri
Binomial name
Erigeron elmeri
(Greene) Greene
Synonyms[1]

Erigeron elmeri is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common names Elmer’s fleabane[2] and Elmer's erigeron.[3]

Erigeron elmeri has been found only in California in the western United States. It grows at high elevations in the Sierra Nevada from Mono and Tuolumne Counties south to Tulare County.[4][3]

Erigeron elmeri is a perennial herb up to 20 centimeters (8 inches) in height. It produces 1-3 flower heads per stem, each head as many as 21 white ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.[2][5]

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