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Erigeron lonchophyllus
Also called Low Meadow Fleabane, Hirsute Fleabane, Short Rayed Daisy, Short Rayed Fleabane, Spear Leaved Fleabane, Short Ray Boreal Daisy, Short Ray Fleabane
Shortray fleabane is a small Asian and North American daisy-family herb, usually grown as a wild meadow or garden plant rather than a cultivated ornamental. It thrives in moist, open ground and is easy to leave to self-seed.
Erigeron lonchophyllus is an Asian and North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name shortray fleabane.
Erigeron lonchophyllus is native to North America including most of Canada except the 4 Atlantic provinces, as well as the western and north-central United States. It occurs in many types of moist habitat and disturbed areas. It is also found in much of Asia (Siberia, Mongolia, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Iran).
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 lonchophyllus 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.
