Erigeron allocotus

Erigeron allocotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Erigeron
Species: E. allocotus
Binomial name
Erigeron allocotus
S.F.Blake

Erigeron allocotus is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Bighorn fleabane . It has been found only in the Bighorn Mountains of north-central Wyoming and southern Montana.[1]

Erigeron allocotus is a short, branching shrub rarely more than 18 cm (7 inches) tall. Leaves are 3-lobed. The inflorescence generally consists of 2 or 3 flower heads per stem, each head with sometimes as many as 40 small yellow disc florets and surrounded by a ring of up to 40 white or blue ray florets.[2][3]

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