Asteraceae
Cutleaf daisy
Erigeron compositus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Erigeron
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- أريغارون مركب
- arz
- اريغارون مركب
- English
- Cutleaf daisy, Trifid mountain fleabane
- French
- Vergerette à feuilles segmentées, Vergerette à feuilles divisées
- Persian
- اریگرن کمپسیتس
- Russian
- Мелколепестник сложноцветный
Synonyms
- Cineraria lewisii Richardson
- Erigeron compositus f. breviradiatus Abrom.
- Erigeron compositus f. compositus
- Erigeron compositus f. discoideus (A.Gray) Vict. & J.Rousseau
- Erigeron compositus subsp. compositus
- Erigeron compositus subsp. discoideus (A.Gray) Piper
- Erigeron compositus var. breviradiatus A.Nelson
- Erigeron compositus var. compositus
- Erigeron compositus var. discoideus A.Gray
- Erigeron compositus var. glabratus Macoun
- Erigeron compositus var. grandiflorus Hook.
- Erigeron compositus var. multifidus J.F.Macbr. & Payson
- Erigeron compositus var. petraeus J.F.Macbr. & Payson
- Erigeron compositus var. submontanus M.Peck
- Erigeron compositus var. typicus Payson
- Erigeron gormanii Greene
- Erigeron multifidus Rydb.
- Erigeron multifidus var. discoideus (A.Gray) Rydb.
- Erigeron multifidus var. incertus A.Nelson
- Erigeron multifidus var. multifidus
- Erigeron pedatus Nutt.
- Erigeron trifidus var. discoideus (A.Gray) A.Nelson
- Erigeron trifidus var. prasinus J.F.Macbr. & Payson
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: lori law, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Wave Birch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.