Erigeron geiseri

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

Erigeron geiseri is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common name Geiser’s fleabane.[1]

Erigeron geiseri has been found only in the southern part of the Great Plains of the United States, in the States of Oklahoma and Texas.[2] It grows on prairies, fields, fencerows and roadsides.[1]

Erigeron geiseri grows up to 40 cm (16 inches) tall, and produces a slender taproot. The plant sometimes produces as many as 20 flower heads per stem, each head containing golden yellow disc florets surrounded by as many as 70 white ray florets.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flora of North America, Erigeron geiseri Shinners, Wrightia. 1: 183. 1947. Geiser’s fleabane
  2. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. ↑ Shinners, Lloyd Herbert 1947. Wrightia 1(3): 183–184

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