Erigeron vagus

Taxobox
name = "Erigeron vagus"

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image_width = 260px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Astereae
genus = "Erigeron"
species = "E. vagus"
binomial = "Erigeron vagus"
binomial_authority = Payson
synonyms =

"Erigeron vagus" is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names rambling fleabane and loose daisy. This mountain wildflower is native to the peaks of the western United States from California to Colorado, where it lives on alpine talus slopes. This is a small perennial daisy reaching a maximum height of about five centimeters. Its stem and small patch of basal leaves are hairy. The inflorescence holds a single flower head with hairy, purple-tipped phyllaries. The corolla is less than a centimeter wide with a center of golden yellow disc florets and 25 to 35 light pink to white ray florets around the edge.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1105,1188 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERVA3 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Erigeron+vagus Photo gallery]