Erigeron karvinskianus

Erigeron karvinskianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Erigeron
Species: E. karvinskianus
Binomial name
Erigeron karvinskianus
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Erigeron karvinskianus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Mexican fleabane,[1] Latin American fleabane, Santa Barbara daisy or Spanish daisy. This wildflower is native to much of South America and also Mexico, and is naturalized in many other places, including parts of Africa, Europe, New Zealand, and the west coast of the United States. This is a vigorous, spreading perennial plant growing from woody rhizomatous roots to a maximum height of 15cm. Its leaves are located along the stem, the basal leaves dying off as the plant bolts. They are sometimes slightly toothed or lobed near the tips. The inflorescences hold one or more flower heads which are each about 1 cm wide. They have golden yellow disc florets in the center and a fringe of up to 80 white to pinkish ray petals.

This plant is also cultivated for its daisy-like blooms, and is often confused with the closely related true daisy Bellis. It is frequently grown in crevices in walls or paving, where it rapidly spreads to provide a carpet of flowers.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

Taxonomy

Erigeron karvinskianus was first described in 1836 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle.[4] The specific epithet refers to Wilhelm Friedrich Karwinski von Karwin,[5] who collected the plant in Mexico according to de Candolle.[4]

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Flowers
Leaves

References

  1. ↑ "BSBI List 2007" (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  3. ↑ "Erigeron karvinskianus AGM". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 de Candolle, Augustin Pyramus (1836). "Erigeron karvinskianum". Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis. p. 285. Retrieved 2014-02-11. (De Candolle used neuter endings for the specific epithets of Erigeron, but the word is masculine, being derived from the Ancient Greek word γέρων, geron, old man.)
  5. ↑ Hyam, R. & Pankhurst, R.J. (1995). Plants and their names : a concise dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-19-866189-4.

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