Erigeron procumbens
Family: Asteraceae
Plant Description: perennial with prostrate or low-ascending stems and thickish leaves 3-9 cm long, spatulate, alternate, margins lobed or toothed. Heads solitary on erect peduncles, 1.5- 2 cm wide. Disks yellow, rays white.
Plant Trivia:
Field Identification:
Occurrence: Frequent on coastal sands, swales, depressions, and other moist or low places.
Bloom Period: Year-round.
Plant Use:
Key to the species of Erigeron:
- Pappus of disk and ray flowers dissimilar that of rays lacking bristles………………………………………………………………………………………E. strigosus
Pappus of disk and ray flowers similar………………………………………………..2
2. Pappus of bristles……………………………………………………………………………………3
Pappus of bristles and short scales……………………………………………………..5
3. Heads in corymbs………………………………………………………..E. philadelphicus
Heads solitary………………………………………………………………………………………….4
4. Bristles about 10……………………………………………………………………..E. tenellus
Bristles around 20 or more…………………………………………..E. procumbens
5. Plant with taproot…………………………………………………………………….E. geiseri
Plant without taproot………………………………………………………………E. tenuis
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