Erigeron lachnocephalus

Erigeron lachnocephalus is an Asian species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It grows on rocky slopes and in alpine meadows at high elevations in Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.[3]

Erigeron lachnocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Astereae
Genus:
Erigeron
Species:
E. lachnocephalus
Binomial name
Erigeron lachnocephalus
Synonyms[1]
  • Erigeron turkestanicus Vierh. 1906, not (Regel & Schmalh.) O.Fedtsch. 1903.[2]

Erigeron lachnocephalus is a perennial, clump-forming herb up to 15 cm (6 inches) tall, forming a branching, woody caudex. Its flower heads have pink or lilac ray florets surrounding yellow disc florets.[3][4]

References
  1. The Plant List, Erigeron lachnocephalus Botsch.
  2. The International Plant Names Index
  3. Flora of China, Erigeron lachnocephalus Botschantzev, 1959. 毛苞飞蓬 mao bao fei peng
  4. Botschantzev, Victor Petrovič 1959. Flora Unionis Rerumpublicarum Sovieticarum Socialisticarum 25: 230


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