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Blue Fleabane

Erigeron acris

Also called Bitter Fleabane, Bitter Daisy, Bitter Boreal Daisy

Blue Fleabane
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Temp. Eurasia to N. Myanmar
Climate
temperate

About

Erigeron acris is a widespread species of herbaceous flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Common names include bitter fleabane and blue fleabane. The species is native to Canada, colder parts of the United States, northern, central, and southeastern Asia, and most of Europe.

Erigeron acris is a biennial or perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall, producing a taproot and a woody rhizome. One plant can produce many small flower heads, each with pink, lilac, or occasionally white ray florets and yellow disc florets.

Other Erigeron plants

Dwarf horseweed · Lance-leafed Darwin's Shrub · Thin-leafed Darwin's Shrub · Fleabane · Abajo fleabane · Bluewater fleabane · Erigeron adscendens · Hall's fleabane · Stalked fleabane · Alice Eastwood's fleabane · Erigeron allochrous · Big Horn fleabane

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erigeron acris by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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