''Erigeron acer'' is a widespread
herbaceous
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
The fourth edition of t ...
flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae. Common names include bitter fleabane and blue fleabane. The species is native to
Canada, colder parts of the
United States, northern, central, and southeastern
Asia,
[Flora of China, ''Erigeron acris'' Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 863. 1753. 飞蓬 fei peng ]
/ref> and most of Europe.Altervista Flora Italiana, Cespica acre, ''Erigeron acer'' L.
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''Erigeron acer'' is a biennial or perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall, producing a taproot and a woody rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...
. One plant can produce many small flower heads
A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...
, each with pink, lilac
''Syringa'' is a genus of 12 currently recognized species of flowering plant, flowering woody plants in the olive family or Oleaceae called lilacs. These lilacs are native to woodland and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia, and wid ...
, or occasionally white ray florets and yellow disc florets.[
Subspecies:
* ''Erigeron acris'' subsp. ''droebachiensis'' (O.F.Müll.) Arcang.]
References
External links
Plants for a Future database
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Flora of Asia
Flora of Europe
Flora of North America
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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