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Erigeron neomexicanus
New Mexico fleabane is a perennial wildflower of the daisy family with white flowers, native to dry grasslands and woodlands in the American Southwest and northern Mexico. It is grown mainly as a native wildflower in dry, open, sunny sites with good drainage.
Erigeron neomexicanus, the New Mexico fleabane, is a plant species native to New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, and Chihuahua. It occurs in open sites in grasslands or woodlands, at elevations of 900–3000 m (3000–9000 ft).
Erigeron neomexicanus is a perennial herb with a fairly large taproot. Leaves are fairly large and oblanceolate, with pinnate lobes, the basal leaves up to 6 cm (2.4 inches) long. Cauline (stem) leaves are progressively smaller higher up the stem. Ray and disc flowers are both white.
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 neomexicanus 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.
