Erigeron pygmaeus

Taxobox
name = "Erigeron pygmaeus"


image_width = 260px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Astereae
genus = "Erigeron"
species = "E. pygmaeus"
binomial = "Erigeron pygmaeus"
binomial_authority = (Gray) Greene
synonyms =

"Erigeron pygmaeus" is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name pygmy fleabane, or pygmy daisy. This wildflower is native to eastern California and western Nevada, where it grows in mountain forests, flats, and talus. It is a very small daisy, not exceeding 6 centimeters in height. It forms clumps of hairy, glandular foliage with leaves under four centimeters in length. The inflorescence holds a single small flower head with dark phyllaries and a corolla up to a centimeter wide. The center is filled with golden yellow disc florets and the ray florets are purple.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1105,1177 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERPY USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Erigeron+pygmaeus Photo gallery]