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Erigeron elatior (Tall Daisy, Tall Fleabane) Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Subalpine, alpine.
Meadows. Summer. Erigeron elatior has nodding, woolly, pink-tinged flower buds
and flowers with numerous very light lavender ray flowers.
The leaves and stems are also hairy but not nearly as hairy as the buds and underside of the flower head. The plant tends to grow in clusters making it very eye-catching. Leaves are usually light green and broader at the base than at the tapering and pointed tip. "Elatior" is from the Latin for "tall", for the plant often grows to two feet. Charles Parry collected this Erigeron in Colorado in 1861 and Asa Gray named it Erigeron grandiflorum variety elatius in 1862. Edwin Greene gave it its present name in 1897. |
Erigeron elatior
(Tall Daisy, Tall Fleabane) Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Subalpine, alpine.
Meadows. Summer. |
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