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Erigeron nematophyllus
Needleleaf fleabane is a small, short-lived perennial daisy from the mountains of Utah, Colorado and Wyoming, with thread-like leaves and white or pink flower heads. It is a wild species of dry, sandy or rocky ground and is rarely grown in gardens, so give it sharp drainage and full sun.
Erigeron nematophyllus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name needle-leaf fleabane. It native to the western part of the United States, in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming.
Erigeron nematophyllus is a small perennial herb rarely more than 18 centimeters (7.2 inches) tall, producing a taproot. The leaves are very narrow and thread-like or needle-like. The plant generally produces only 1-3 flower head per stem, each head with up to 55 white or pink ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. The species grows on sandy or rocky soil in sagebrush flats or conifer woodlands.
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 nematophyllus 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.
