SHOWY FLEABANE

Class: Erigeron speciosus

Family: ASTER FAMILY

Sub Family: Asteraceae, Compositae

Year: Perennial

Other Names: Showy Daisy, Oregon Fleabane

Colour: Purplish-blue

Height: 20-80 cm (8-32")

Each Flower: 2.5-4 cm (1-1 1/2") across with 65-150 narrow ray-flowers; disk-flowers in middle are yellow, many narrow, hairy bracts on involucre outcurved at their tips

Leaves: Many narrow, lance-shaped leaves up stem; lowest ones may be short-stemmed, upper ones stemless, progressively smaller; blades have hairy margins, especially lower ones

Stems: Rigid, hairy, almost square in section

Blooming Period: June - August

Habitat: Open wooded areas from lower to moderate elevations

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