Erigeron tenuis

Erigeron tenuis is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name slender-leaf fleabane.[3] It is native to the south-central part of the United States from central Texas to the Florida Panhandle, north as far as Missouri and Kansas.[4]

Erigeron tenuis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Astereae
Genus:
Erigeron
Species:
E. tenuis
Binomial name
Erigeron tenuis
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Erigeron tenue Torr. & A.Gray
  • Erigeron quercifolium DC. 1836 not Lam. 1794
  • Erigeron quercifolius DC. 1836 not Lam. 1794

Erigeron tenuis grows in pastures and open woodlands as well as on roadsides and in fence rows. It is an biennial or perennial herb up to 45 centimeters (17 inches) tall, producing unbranched underground caudex. Leaves are narrowly oblanceolate, up to 13 cm (2.5 inches) long. The inflorescence is made up of 1-60 flower heads per stem, in a loose array. Each head contains 60–120 blue, white or pale lavender ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.[3]

References
  1. Tropicos, Erigeron tenuis Torr. & A. Gray
  2. Torrey, John & Asa Gray. 1841. Flora of North America 2(1): 175 as Erigeron tenue
  3. Flora of North America, Erigeron tenuis Torrey & A. Gray, 1841. Slender-leaf fleabane
  4. Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map


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