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Erigeron uintahensis

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Erigeron uintahensis

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Erigeron
Species:
E. uintahensis
Binomial name
Erigeron uintahensis

Erigeron uintahensis is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Uinta fleabane.[1] It is native to the western United States, in the states of Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado.[2]

Erigeron uintahensis grows alongside sagebrush, pine, aspen, spruce and fir, and also on alpine meadows at high elevation. It is a perennial herb up to 50 centimeters (20 inches) tall, producing rhizomes and a woody underground caudex. The inflorescence is made up of 1-5 flower heads per stem, in a loose array. Each head contains 75–125 blue or lavender ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.[1][3]

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