Erigeron vagus

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Erigeron vagus

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Erigeron
Species: E. vagus
Binomial name
Erigeron vagus
Payson

Erigeron vagus is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names rambling fleabane and loose daisy. This mountain wildflower is native to the peaks of the western United States from California to Colorado, where it lives on alpine talus slopes. This is a small perennial daisy reaching a maximum height of about five centimeters. Its stem and small patch of basal leaves are hairy. The inflorescence holds a single flower head with hairy, purple-tipped phyllaries. The corolla is less than a centimeter wide with a center of golden yellow disc florets and 25 to 35 light pink to white ray florets around the edge.

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