Erigeron oreades

Erigeron oreades is an Asian species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It grows on slopes and meadows in Xinjiang, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Siberia.[2]

Erigeron oreades
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Astereae
Genus:
Erigeron
Species:
E. oreades
Binomial name
Erigeron oreades
(Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Synonyms[1]
  • Erigeron uniflorus var. oreades Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
  • Erigeron alpinus var. oreades (Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Trautv.

Erigeron oreades is a perennial herb up to 25 cm (10 inches) tall, forming a slim underground rhizomes. Its flower heads have pale purple ray florets surrounding yellow disc florets.[2][3]

References
  1. Tropicos, Erigeron oreades (Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
  2. Flora of China, Erigeron oreades (Schrenk ex Fischer & C. A. Meyer) Fischer & C. A. Meyer, 1846. 山地飞蓬 shan di fei peng
  3. Fischer, Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von & Meyer, Carl Anton von. 1842. Enumeratio Plantarum Novarum 2: 39-40 in Latin, as Erigeron uniflorus var. oreades


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