Erigeron speciosus

Erigeron speciosus
	Main Botanical Garden, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Erigeron
Species:	E. speciosus
Binomial name
	Erigeron speciosus; Eastw.
Synonyms
	Synonymy Erigeron conspicuus Rydb. ; Erigeron eucephaloides Greene ; Erigeron grandiflorus Nutt. October 1834 not Hook. September 1834 ; Erigeron leiophyllus Greene ; Erigeron leucotrichus Rydb. ; Erigeron macranthus Nutt. ; Erigeron salicinus Rydb. ; Erigeron villosulus Greene ; Stenactis speciosa Lindl. ;

Erigeron speciosus is a widespread North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common names aspen fleabane,^[2] garden fleabane,^[3] and showy fleabane.^[4] It has been found in western Canada and the United States, from Alberta and British Columbia south as far as Arizona and New Mexico, with some isolated populations in the state of Baja California in Mexico.^[5]

Erigeron speciosus grows on in prairies and in open coniferous forests. It is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall, producing underground rhizomes and a woody caudex. The inflorescence generally contains 2-20 flower heads per stem. Each head contains 75–150 white, lavender or blue ray florets surrounding many yellow disc florets.^[4]^[6]

References

^ The Plant List, Erigeron speciosus (Lindl.) DC.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Erigeron speciosus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
^ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^ ^a ^b Flora of North America, Erigeron speciosus. Showy fleabane
^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Eastwood, Alice 1896. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 2, 6: 297

External links

Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Colorado in 1899 — isotype of Erigeron salicinus, syn of E. speciosus
Turner Photographics, Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest, Erigeron speciosus, (Showy Fleabane) — photos, description, partial distribution map

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[1] The Plant List, Erigeron speciosus (Lindl.) DC.

[2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Erigeron speciosus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

[BSBI07-3] "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

[kathy-4] Flora of North America, Erigeron speciosus. Showy fleabane

[5] Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] Eastwood, Alice 1896. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 2, 6: 297

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