Erigeron formosissimus

(Beautiful Daisy)

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Erigeron formosissimus, Gore Pass, Grand Co. 1065

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Erigeron formosissimus, Hoosier Pass, Park Co. 5412

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Erigeron formosissimus, County Line Trail, Grand Mesa, Delta Co. 0760

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Erigeron formosissimus, Lower Flume Trail Breckenridge, Summit Co. 8169

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Erigeron formosissimus, Gore Pass, Grand Co. 1066

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Erigeron formosissimus, Hoosier Pass, Park Co. 5414

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Erigeron formosissimus, Lower Flume Trail Breckenridge, Summit Co. 8161

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Erigeron formosissimus, Hoosier Pass, Park Co. 5415

Scientific Name Erigeron formosissimus USDA PLANTS Symbol ERFO3
Common Name Beautiful Daisy, Beautiful Fleabane ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 35869
Family Asteraceae (Sunflower) SEINet
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Description Life zones and habitat: Foothills to alpine (7000 to 12000 ft.); meadows and forests.
Plant: Perennial 4 to 22 inches tall; erect simply-branched stems, may be hairy and glandular.
Leaves: Basal leaves in a dense cluster, oblanceolate, obovate, or oval 3/4 to 4 inches long, petiolate; smaller stem leaves clasping and oblanceolate to spatulate or oblong; both with ciliate, entire margins.
Inflorescence: One or more composite heads 3/4 to 1-3/8 inches across with many (75 to 150) blue to purple, narrow rays; yellow disk florets; greenish to slightly purple phyllaries with tips slightly curved back, somewhat hairy and glandular.
Bloom Period: June to September.
References: "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield, SW Colorado Wildflowers, American Southwest and Flora of North America.
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Colorado Status:
Native

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