Erigeron lonchophyllus
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Erigeron lonchophyllus is a species of flowering plant in the aster family
known by the common name shortray fleabane. It is native to North America including most all of Canada and the western and north-central United States. It occurs in many types of moist habitat and disturbed areas. It is an annual or biennial herb growing 20 to 60 centimeters tall, its stem hairy to bristly. The leaves are up to 8 centimeters long at the base and smaller and shorter along the upper stem. The inflorescence
includes one to 12 small flower heads
. Each head is lined with hairy purple-tipped phyllaries
and contains up to 130 hairlike white to pink ray florets each measuring only 2 or 3 millimeters long.
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
known by the common name shortray fleabane. It is native to North America including most all of Canada and the western and north-central United States. It occurs in many types of moist habitat and disturbed areas. It is an annual or biennial herb growing 20 to 60 centimeters tall, its stem hairy to bristly. The leaves are up to 8 centimeters long at the base and smaller and shorter along the upper stem. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
includes one to 12 small flower heads
Head (botany)
The capitulum is considered the most derived form of inflorescence. Flower heads found outside Asteraceae show lesser degrees of specialization....
. Each head is lined with hairy purple-tipped phyllaries
Bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale. Bracts are often different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of a different color, shape, or texture...
and contains up to 130 hairlike white to pink ray florets each measuring only 2 or 3 millimeters long.