Erigeron tweedyi

Erigeron tweedyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Erigeron
Species: E. tweedyi
Binomial name
Erigeron tweedyi
Canby 1888

Erigeron tweedyi is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Tweedy’s fleabane.[1] It is native to the northern Rocky Mountains in the US States of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming.[2]

Erigeron tweedyi grows on talus and rocky slopes at high elevations. It is a perennial herb up to 20 centimeters (8 inches) tall, producing a taproot and a branching underground caudex. Leaves are covered with grayish-white hairs. The inflorescence is made up of 1-4 flower heads per stem. Each head contains 20–50 white, blue, or purple ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.[1]

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