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Daisy Fleabane
Daisy fleabane is a common name for several species in the genus ''Erigeron ''Erigeron'' () is a large genus of plants in the composite family (Asteraceae). It is placed in the tribe Astereae and is closely related to the Old World asters (''Aster (genus), Aster'') and the true daisies (''Bellis''). The genus has a cosm ...'': * '' Erigeron annuus'', the eastern daisy fleabane * '' Erigeron bellidiastrum'', the western daisy fleabane * '' Erigeron strigosus'', the prairie fleabane References {{Plant common name Erigeron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erigeron
''Erigeron'' () is a large genus of plants in the composite family (Asteraceae). It is placed in the tribe Astereae and is closely related to the Old World asters (''Aster (genus), Aster'') and the true daisies (''Bellis''). The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and the highest diversity occurs in North America. Etymology Its English name, fleabane, is shared with related plants in several other genera. It appears to be derived from a belief that the dried plants repelled fleas or that the plants were poisonous to fleas. The generic name ''Erigeron'' is derived from the Ancient Greek words (''êri'') "early in the morning" and (''gérōn'') "old man", a reference to the appearance of the white hairs of the fruit soon after flowering or possibly alluding to the early appearance of the seed heads. The noun is grammatical gender, masculine, so that specific epithets should have masculine endings (e.g. ''glaucus'') to Agreement (linguistics)#Gender, agree with it. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erigeron Annuus
''Erigeron annuus'' (formerly ''Aster annuus''), the annual fleabane, daisy fleabane,Ann Fowler Rhoads and Timothy A. Block, Ill. Ann Anisko, ''Plants of Pennsylvania'', 2nd ed, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. pp. 923. or eastern daisy fleabane,David M. Brandenburg, ''Field Guide to Wildflowers of North America'', National Wildlife Federation, Sterling Publishing Co., New York, 2010, pp. 150. is a species of herbaceous plant, herbaceous flowering plant, Annual plant, annual or Biennial plant, biennial, in the family Asteraceae. Description ''Erigeron annuus'' often grows as an annual plant but can sometimes grow as a Biennial plant, biennial. It is herbaceous plant, herbaceous with leaf shape, alternate, simple leaves, and green, sparsely hairy stems, which can grow to between 30 and 150 centimeters (about 1 to 5 feet) in height. Leaves are numerous and large relative to other species of ''Erigeron'', with lower leaves, especially basal leaves, Leaf shape, coarsely toothed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erigeron Bellidiastrum
''Erigeron bellidiastrum'', the western daisy fleabane or sand fleabane, is a species of fleabane in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Mexico (state of Chihuahua) and the western and central United States (western Great Plains and open sandy areas in the deserts west of the Rockies). ''Erigeron bellidiastrum'' is an annual or biennial herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall, with a taproot. It produces flower heads in groups of 1–12 on the ends of branches. Each head can have up to 70 white ray florets surrounding many small disc florets. ;Varieties *''Erigeron bellidiastrum'' var. ''arenarius'' (Greene) G.L.Nesom - New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua). *''Erigeron bellidiastrum'' var. ''bellidiastrum'' - Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming *''Erigeron bellidiastrum'' var. ''robustus'' Cronquist - Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erigeron Strigosus
''Erigeron strigosus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names prairie fleabane, common eastern fleabane, and daisy fleabane. ''Erigeron strigosus'' is native to eastern and central North America as far west as Manitoba, Idaho and Texas. It has also become naturalized in western North America as well as in Europe and China as a somewhat weedy naturalized species. ''Erigeron strigosus'' is an annual or biennial herb reaching heights of up to 80 cm (32 inches). It has hairy, petioled, non-clasping, oval-shaped leaves a few centimeters long mostly on the lower part of the plant. One plant can produce as many as 200 flower heads in a spindly array of branching stems. Each head is less than a centimeter (0.4 inches) wide, containing 50–100 white, pink, or blue ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. ;Varieties *''Erigeron strigosus'' var. ''calcicola'' J. R. Allison - Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee *''Erigeron strigosus' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
