Species Detail Forb

Flower head Highlands Center for Natural History - Sue Smith		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Erigeron flagellaris - trailing fleabane Synonyms: Erigeron nudiflorus Other Common Names: trailing daisy Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub Family: Asteraceae


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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native Life Cycle: Biennial
General Desc: Usually fibrous-rooted, sometimes taprooted and rarely branched. First erect then producing herbaceous, leafy, prostrate runners usually resulting in the rooting of small plants. Populations can often becoming low clonal mats.
Identification notes: Long leafy runners from the base of lower axils.
Height: 1 to 6 inches

Habitat

Habitat Description: Meadows and grassy slopes, often moist, open areas in grasslands, pinyon pine, oak-pine, pine, aspen, and spruce-fir.
Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: 3000 - 9500 feet

Flower Characteristics

Color: White to light purple with yellow disc flowers Shape: Daisy or dandelion-like not in clusters Tubular: N Flowering Period: May - Sep
Description: Has 40 to 125 white and narrow ray florets up to 3/8 inch long. Yellow disc up to 1/2 inch in diameter.

Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Grayish-green Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Shape: Narrow Leaf Margin: Smooth Leaf Attachment: Basal Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves and stems Spines: N
Leaf Description: Leaves are basal and also appearing along the stem. Basal leaves from 3/4 to 2 inches long by 1/8 to 1/3 inch in width. Stem leaves are smaller.

Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Has 10 to 17 bristles.


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