Erigeron goodrichii
| Erigeron goodrichii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Erigeron |
| Species: | E. goodrichii
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| Binomial name | |
| Erigeron goodrichii S.L.Welsh
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Erigeron goodrichii is a rare species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Uinta Mountain fleabane.[1]
Erigeron goodrichii has been found only in the northeastern part of the state of Utah in the western United States.[2] It grows at high elevations in the mountains, sometimes above tree line.[1]
Erigeron goodrichii is a tiny perennial herb rarely more than 12 cm (4.8 inches) tall, producing a woody taproot. Stems and leaves are covered with hairs, some of them stiff. The plant sometimes produces only one flower heads per stem, sometimes 2 or 3. Each head contains as many as 60 blue ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.[1]
Species is named for ecologist Sherel Goodrich (1943-) of Utah State University.
References[]
External links[]
- Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Utah in 1981, isotype of Erigeron goodrichii
Data related to Erigeron goodrichii at Wikispecies
- Erigeron
- Flora of Utah
- Plants described in 1983
- Erigeron stubs