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Hoary fleabane

Erigeron canus

Hoary fleabane
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
U.S.A. to Mexico (Chihuahua)

About

Erigeron canus is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names hoary fleabane. It is native to northern Mexico (State of Chihuahua) and the western United States (western Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, etc., in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, southern Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, western Nebraska, northwestern Kansas, and the Oklahoma Panhandle).

Erigeron canus is a perennial herb up to 35 cm (14 inches) tall, producing a taproot. One plant can produce several flower heads, sometimes one per branch, sometimes in groups of 2 to 4. Each head has 20–70 white or pale blue ray florets plus numerous yellow disc florets.

Other Erigeron plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erigeron canus 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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