Erigeron Pringlei

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Erigeron pringlei
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Erigeron
Species:
E. pringlei
Binomial name
Erigeron pringlei
A.Gray

Erigeron pringlei is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Pringle's fleabane.[1] It has been found in only in the state of Arizona in the southwestern United States.[2]

Erigeron pringlei is a perennial herb up to 16 centimeters (6.4 inches) tall, producing a thick underground woody caudex. The plant generally produces only 1 flower head per stem but sometimes 2 or 3. Each head has 20–35 pink or white ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. The species grows on ledges and in cracks in cliff faces.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Erigeron pringlei in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066658. 
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

External links

  • [1] Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Santa Rita Mountains in 1881. probably isotype of Erigeron pringlei

Wikidata ☰ Q15594865 entry




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