Erigeron sceptrifer
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Erigeron sceptrifer | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Erigeron |
Species: | E. sceptrifer
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Binomial name | |
Erigeron sceptrifer |
Erigeron sceptrifer is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name scepter-bearing fleabane.[1] It has been found in northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, San Luis Potosí) and the southeastern United States (Cochise County in Arizona).[1][2][3][4]
Erigeron sceptrifer grows in grasslands, frequently alongside widely spaced pine, oak, and juniper trees. It is an annual herb up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall, forming a thin taproot. The inflorescence generally contains 20–50 flower heads in a loose array. Each head can sometimes contain as many as 195 white ray florets surrounding many yellow disc florets.[1][5]
References
- ^ a b c Flora of North America, Erigeron sceptrifer G. L. Nesom, 1990. Scepter-bearing fleabane erroneously says plant is only 8 cm tall
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Nesom, Guy L. 1990. Phytologia 69(4): 239, map 2 distribution map for Erigeron sceptrifer + E. arisolius
- ^ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona Chapter, Erigeron sceptrifer G.L. Nesom includes photos, description, distribution map
- ^ Nesom, Guy L. 1990. Phytologia 69(4): 248–250
External links
- Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Chihuahua in 1981, isotype of Erigeron sceptriferError: "Q15593128" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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