''Erigeron grandiflorus'' is a
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
n species of flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae known by the common names Rocky Mountain alpine fleabane
[ and largeflower fleabane.
''Erigeron grandiflorus'' is native to the Rocky Mountains and other nearby mountain ranges of western Canada and the western United States, from Alberta and British Columbia south to New Mexico and Arizona.][ It grows in meadows, rocky areas, and near timberline.]rhizomes
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 ...
. The plant generally produces only one 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 ...
per stem. Each head contains as many as 130 blue, pink, white, or purple ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.
line drawing of ''Erigeron grandiflorus''
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grandiflorus
Flora of the Northwestern United States
Flora of the Southwestern United States
Flora of Western Canada
Flora of the Rocky Mountains
Flora of New Mexico
Plants described in 1834
Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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