Erigeron vernus

Erigeron vernus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Erigeron
Species: E. vernus
Binomial name
Erigeron vernus
S.L.Welsh & Goodrich 1983
Synonyms[1][2]

Erigeron vernus is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Early white-top fleabane.[3] It is native to the southeastern United States from Virginia to Louisiana.[4]

Erigeron vernus grows in moist locations in flatwoods and savannahs, and sometimes in ditches and by roadsides. It is a biennial or perennial herb up to 50 centimeters (20 inches) tall, producing rhizomes and a woody underground caudex. The inflorescence is made up of 1–25 flower heads in flat-topped arrays. Each head contains 25–40 white ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.[3][5]

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