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Large mountain fleabane

Erigeron coulteri

Also called Coulter's Fleabane, Whiteray Daisy

Large mountain fleabane
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh, CC BY 2.0

Large mountain fleabane is a perennial wildflower native to moist forests and meadows across the western United States, growing 20 to 70 cm tall with white to pale daisy-like flower heads. It is a wild species rarely sold in gardens, so care is based on its native habitat.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam or humus-rich soil.
Temperature
10-25 °C; tolerates cold winters of its native mountain range.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. & WC. U.S.A.

About

Erigeron coulteri is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names large mountain fleabane, Coulter's fleabane, and Coulter's daisy.

Erigeron coulteri is native to much of the western United States where it grows in moist forests and meadows. It has been found in California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, Oregon, and Idaho, though there are large stretches of land in between known populations.

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 coulteri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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