''Erigeron strigosus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

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known by the common names prairie fleabane, common eastern fleabane, and daisy fleabane. ''Erigeron strigosus'' is native to eastern and central North America as far west as

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. It has also become naturalized in western

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as well as in

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as a somewhat weedy

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.Tela Botanica, Asteraceae, ''Erigeron strigosus'' Mühl. ex Willd., Vergerette maigre
in French with French distribution map and other information. ''Erigeron strigosus'' is an annual or biennial herb reaching heights of up to 80 cm (32 inches). It has hairy, petioled, non-clasping, oval-shaped leaves a few centimeters long mostly on the lower part of the plant. One plant can produce as many as 200

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in a spindly array of branching stems. Each head is less than a centimeter (0.4 inches) wide, containing 50–100 white, pink, or blue ray florets surrounding numerous yellow

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s. ;Varieties *''Erigeron strigosus'' var. ''calcicola'' J. R. Allison -

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*''Erigeron strigosus'' var. ''dolomiticola'' J. R. Allison -

*''Erigeron strigosus'' var. ''strigosus'' - much of North America; introduced in China *''Erigeron strigosus'' var. ''septentrionalis'' (Fernald & Wiegand) Fernald - much of North America; introduced in Europe

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UC Calphotos gallery of ''Erigeron strigosus''Jepson Manual Treatment: ''Erigeron strigosus''
strigosus Flora of Eastern Canada Flora of the Eastern United States Plants described in 1803 Taxa named by Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg {{Erigeron-stub