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Erigeron elmeri

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Species of flowering plant

Erigeron elmeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Erigeron
Species: E. elmeri
Binomial name
Erigeron elmeri
(Greene) Greene
Synonyms
  • Aster elmeri Greene

Erigeron elmeri is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Elmer's fleabane and Elmer's erigeron.

Erigeron elmeri has been found only in California in the western United States. It grows at high elevations in the Sierra Nevada from Mono and Tuolumne Counties south to Tulare County.

Erigeron elmeri is a perennial herb up to 20 centimeters (8 inches) in height. It produces 1-3 flower heads per stem, each head as many as 21 white ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.

References

  1. The Plant List, Erigeron elmeri (Greene) Greene
  2. ^ Flora of North America, Erigeron elmeri (Greene) Greene, Fl. Francisc. 393. 1897. Elmer’s fleabane
  3. ^ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Erigeron elmeri (E. Greene) E. Greene, Elmer's erigeron
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. Greene, Edward Lee 1891. Pittonia 2(10B): 170–171 as Aster elmeri
Taxon identifiers
Erigeron elmeri
Aster elmeri


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