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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Erigeron at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Erigeron strigosus var. beyrichii
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-005:
Erigeron strigosus FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erigeron ramosus
COMMON NAME:
Daisy Fleabane, Common Rough Fleabane, Prairie Fleabane, Slender Daisy Fleabane
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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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: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Erigeron strigosus var. beyrichii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-005:
Erigeron strigosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erigeron ramosus
531
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas; open woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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 (Midgley, 1999) p148
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p064
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p382
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p185
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p115
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p290
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p077
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p293
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p341
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p214
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p048
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p094
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