Erigeron nanus

Erigeron nanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Erigeron
Species: E. nanus
Binomial name
Erigeron nanus
Nutt.
Synonyms[1]

Erigeron nanum Nutt.

Erigeron nanus is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name dwarf fleabane.[2] It native to the western part of the United States, in Wyoming, northern Utah, southern Idaho, and northeastern Nevada.[3]

Erigeron nanus is a small perennial herb rarely more than 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) tall, producing a taproot. The leaves and the stem are covered with stiff hairs. The plant generally produces only 1 flower head per stem, each head with up to 35 blue or purple ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. The species grows on ridges, rocky slopes, and outcroppings.[2]


References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Erigeron nanus Nutt.
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America, Erigeron nanus Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 308. 1840. Dwarf fleabane
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
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