Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Erigeron at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Erigeron strigosus var. beyrichii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-005:
Erigeron strigosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Daisy Fleabane, Common Rough Fleabane, Prairie Fleabane, Slender Daisy Fleabane
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JK Marlow jkm200428_4442
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Midstem leaves well separated, sessile, linear to lanceolate, not clasping, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0405r_02
May Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120512_750
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Flower heads several to many, each 1/2" wide or less, with 50-100 rays, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest.
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JK Marlow jkm120512_760
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm120512_767
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves sessile, narrower than those of E. annuus, and mostly untoothed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm120512_771
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4720
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0149
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0406e_26
June Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0993
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210710_2089
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Erigeron strigosus var. beyrichii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-005:
Erigeron strigosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
531
Forb
Winter annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas; open woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: White/Lavender/Blue
Disc: Yellow/Yellowish
Flower heads with 50-100 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p148
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p064
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p382
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p185
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p115
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p290
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p293
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p341
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p214
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p048
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p094