Erigeron pulchellus

Erigeron pulchellus, the Robin's plantain, blue spring daisy or hairy fleabane, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae.^[2] It is widespread across much of the United States and Canada from Québec and Ontario south as far as eastern Texas and the Florida Panhandle.^[3]

Erigeron pulchellus flower

Erigeron pulchellus
Cross Plains, Wisconsin
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Erigeron
Species:	E. pulchellus
Binomial name
Erigeron pulchellus Michx. (1803) not (Willd.) DC. (1836) not Hook. 1834 nor Turcz. 1838[1]
Synonyms
Synonymy Aster alwartensis Lodd. ex Sims. Aster rupestris E.H.L.Krause Diplopappus bellidioides Hook. & Arn. Erigeron acris C.B.Clarke Erigeron alpestris Hoppe ex Nyman Erigeron alpinus Pursh 1813 not L. 1753 Erigeron alpinus Less. 1831 not L. 1753 Erigeron apenninianus Georgi Erigeron armenus Boiss. & Huet ex Boiss. Erigeron bellidifolius Muhl. ex Willd. Erigeron bethlehemi Schoepf Erigeron bithynicus Vierh. Erigeron frigidus Boiss. & Buhse ex Boiss. Erigeron funkii Sch.Bip. ex Nyman Erigeron glaber Hoppe ex Nyman Erigeron glacialis Fisch. ex Herder 1904 not Fisch. ex Herder 1865 Erigeron grandiflorus Willd. ex Spreng. Erigeron grandiflorus Hoppe ex DC. Erigeron leschenaultii DC. Erigeron monocephalus Schur Erigeron patentisquama Jeffrey Erigeron pulchellus Turcz. 1838 not Michx. 1803 Erigeron pycnotrichus Schott & Kotschy ex Tchich. Erigeron rupestris Hoppe ex DC. Erigeron serpentarius Banks ex Steud. Erigeron unifloroides Vierh. Erigeron uniflorus Sm. 1826 not L. 1753 Fragmosa alpina (L.) Raf. ex B.D.Jacks. Fragmosa uniflora (L.) Raf.

Botanical illustration of Erigeron pulchellus], showing the various parts of the plant including the structure of its flowers, by Una Weatherby.

Erigeron pulchellus is a perennial herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. It produces 1-9 flower heads per stem, each head containing sometimes as many as 100 white, pink, pale blue, or pale purple ray florets surrounding many yellow disc florets. The species grows in forests, roadsides, and the banks of bodies of water.^[4]

Varieties^[4]

• Erigeron pulchellus var. brauniae Fernald - Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia
• Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus - most of species range
• Erigeron pulchellus var. tolsteadii Cronquist - Minnesota