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Asteraceae

Shaggy fleabane

Erigeron pumilus Nutt.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Erigeron

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Shaggy fleabane: Erigeron pumilus is common almost everywhere in the upper Snake River plains seemingly without regard to disturbance or elevation gradients.
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Shaggy fleabane
Persian
پیربهار کرکدار

Synonyms

  • Erigeron hirsutus Pursh
  • Erigeron pumilus f. diabolicus Cronquist
  • Erigeron pumilus f. pumilus
  • Erigeron pumilus var. pumilus
  • Erigeron sulcatus Nees

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

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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.