Erigeron purpuratus

Erigeron purpuratus is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name purple fleabane.[1] The species grows in Alaska (part of the United States) and Yukon (part of Canada).[2]

Erigeron purpuratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Astereae
Genus:
Erigeron
Species:
E. purpuratus
Binomial name
Erigeron purpuratus

Erigeron purpuratus is a perennial herb up to 14 centimeters (5.6 inches) tall, producing a large branching caudex that serves to spread the plant into clonal clumps. The plant generally produces only 1 flower head per stem, the bracts forming the sides of the head appearing purple. Each head has 40–90 purple, pink or white ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. The species grows on beaches, gravel bars, and alpine tundra.[1][3]

References
  1. Flora of North America, Erigeron purpuratus Greene, 1900. Purple fleabane
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  3. Greene, Edward Lee 1900. Pittonia 4(22C): 155–156


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