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Engelmann's fleabane

Erigeron engelmannii

Also called Engelmann's Daisy

Engelmann's fleabane
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0

Engelmann's fleabane is a small perennial daisy native to western North America, growing up to about 30 cm tall with white, pink, or blue flower heads. It is a wild species of dry, rocky ground and suits native or rock gardens in full sun with sharp drainage.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Lean, gritty, very well-drained soil or rocky mix.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; protect from prolonged wet cold.
How easy
Easy
Native range
WC. U.S.A.

About

Erigeron engelmannii is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Engelmann's fleabane.

Erigeron engelmannii is native to the western United States. It has been found in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, the Black Hills of South Dakota, Idaho, southern Montana, northeastern Oregon, and southeastern Washington. It is common in lithosols.

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 engelmannii 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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