Asteraceae
Robin's plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Erigeron
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 展苞飞蓬
- English
- Robin's plantain, Blue spring daisy, Hairy fleabane, Robin’s plantain
Synonyms
- Aster alwartensis Lodd. ex Sims.
- Aster rupestris E.H.L.Krause
- Diplopappus bellidioides Gillies & Don ex Hook. & Arn.
- Erigeron acris C.B.Clarke
- Erigeron alpestris Hoppe ex Nyman
- Erigeron alpinus Pursh
- Erigeron alpinus Less.
- Erigeron alpinus var. wightii (DC.) Hook.f.
- Erigeron apenninianus Georgi
- Erigeron asteroides Hoppe ex Nyman
- Erigeron bellidifolius var. scariosus DC.
- Erigeron bithynicus Vierh.
- Erigeron frigidus Boiss. & Buhse ex Boiss.
- Erigeron funkii Sch.Bip. ex Nyman
- Erigeron glaber Hoppe ex Nyman
- Erigeron glabratus Endr. ex Willk. & Lange
- Erigeron glacialis Fisch. ex Herder
- Erigeron grandiflorus Willd. ex Spreng.
- Erigeron grandiflorus Hoppe ex DC.
- Erigeron leschenaultii DC.
- Erigeron monocephalus Schur
- Erigeron patentisquama Jeffrey
- Erigeron pulchellus f. pulchellus
- Erigeron pulchellus var. townsendii Peattie
- Erigeron pulchellus var. typicus Cronquist
- Erigeron pycnotrichus Schott & Kotschy ex Tchich.
- Erigeron rupestris Hoppe ex DC.
- Erigeron unifloroides Vierh.
- Erigeron uniflorus Sm.
- Erigeron uniflorus f. racemosa Rosenv.
- Erigeron uniflorus subsp. typicus Á.Löve
- Erigeron wightii DC.
- Fragmosa alpina (L.) Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Ilona Loser, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bouba at French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: MacKenzie Crow, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: mgrace, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Pat Hitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: queenpossum, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Shawn Cox, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: MacKenzie Crow, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.