Erigeron elatior
Erigeron elatior is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common name tall fleabane.[2]
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Erigeron elatior is native to the western United States, in the states of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.[4] It grows in subalpine brush, mountain meadows, and openings in coniferous forests.[2]
Erigeron elatior is a perennial herb up to 60 centimeters (2 feet) in height, spreading buy means of woody underground rhizomes. It produces 1-6 flower heads per stem, each head with 75–150 pink or rose-purple ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.[2][5]
References
- The Plant List, Erigeron elatior (A.Gray) Greene
- Flora of North America, Erigeron elatior (A. Gray) Greene. tall fleabane
- "The American journal of science and arts". ser.2:v.33=no.97-99 (1862). 30 July 1862. Cite journal requires
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- Lee, Greene, Edward (30 July 1896). "Pittonia". v.3 (1896-1898). Cite journal requires
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