Erigeron pringlei

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Erigeron pringlei

Scientific classification
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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