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Pringle's Fleabane

Erigeron pringlei A. Gray

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Perennials, 4–16 cm; taprooted, caudex branches relatively thick, short, retaining old leaf bases. Stems erect, sparsely to moderately strigose, eglandular. Leaves basal (persistent) and cauline; basal blades obovate-spatulate, (10–)20–60 × 4–10 mm, margins apically 3-lobed to pinnatifid (lobes 2–3(–5) pairs), faces sparsely strigose, eglandular; cauline blades narrowly oblanceolate, gradually reduced distally, margins entire. Heads 1(–3). Involucres 3.5–4.5 × 5–6 mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series (purplish), glabrous or sparsely strigose, minutely glandular. Ray florets 20–35; corollas white to pinkish, sometimes with abaxial lilac midstripe, 6–8 mm, laminae reflexing. Disc corollas 2.5–3.5 mm. Cypselae 1.2–1.6 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of setae or lanceolate scales, inner (persistent) of 11–16 bristles.
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Flora of North America Vol. 20: 262, 264, 272, 309 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Erigeron pringlei

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Erigeron pringlei is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Pringle's fleabane.[1] It has been found in only in the state of Arizona in the southwestern United States.[2]

Erigeron pringlei is a perennial herb up to 16 centimeters (6.4 inches) tall, producing a thick underground woody caudex. The plant generally produces only 1 flower head per stem but sometimes 2 or 3. Each head has 20–35 pink or white ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. The species grows on ledges and in cracks in cliff faces.[1]

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Erigeron pringlei: Brief Summary

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Erigeron pringlei is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Pringle's fleabane. It has been found in only in the state of Arizona in the southwestern United States.

Erigeron pringlei is a perennial herb up to 16 centimeters (6.4 inches) tall, producing a thick underground woody caudex. The plant generally produces only 1 flower head per stem but sometimes 2 or 3. Each head has 20–35 pink or white ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. The species grows on ledges and in cracks in cliff faces.

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