Erigeron lonchophyllus
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| Erigeron lonchophyllus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Genus: | Erigeron |
| Species: | E. lonchophyllus |
| Binomial name | |
| Erigeron lonchophyllus Hook. | |
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Trimorpha lonchophylla | |
Erigeron lonchophyllus is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name shortray fleabane. It is native to North America including most all of Canada and the western and north-central United States. It occurs in many types of moist habitat and disturbed areas. It is an annual or biennial herb growing 20 to 60 centimeters tall, its stem hairy to bristly. The leaves are up to 8 centimeters long at the base and smaller and shorter along the upper stem. The inflorescence includes one to 12 small flower heads. Each head is lined with hairy purple-tipped phyllaries and contains up to 130 hairlike white to pink ray florets each measuring only 2 or 3 millimeters long.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- Washington Burke Museum
- Flora of North America
- Photo gallery
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