Erigeron versicolor is distinguished by its annual duration, nodding buds, conic receptacles, broad phyllaries, and pappi of only minute crowns. The species appears to be disjunctly divided among three regions in the United States and Mexico (D. C. D. De Jong and G. L. Nesom 1996), and habitats vary widely. This is an unusual distribution. There is much variation in duration, root type, orientation of stem pubescence, elaboration of the pappus crown, and achene vestiture, and this morphologic variation does not appear to be strongly correlated with geography.
Erigeron versicolor is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names bald-fruit fleabane[2] and changing fleabane.[3] It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) and northern and central Mexico as far south as Michoacán.[4][5]
Erigeron versicolor grows in scattered locations usually in moist places such as the edges of ponds, marshes, and creeks. It is an annual or perennial herb up to 80 centimeters (32 inches) tall. One plant can produce as few as one flower head or as many as 100. Each head contains 60–110 white ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.[2]
Erigeron versicolor is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names bald-fruit fleabane and changing fleabane. It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) and northern and central Mexico as far south as Michoacán.
Erigeron versicolor grows in scattered locations usually in moist places such as the edges of ponds, marshes, and creeks. It is an annual or perennial herb up to 80 centimeters (32 inches) tall. One plant can produce as few as one flower head or as many as 100. Each head contains 60–110 white ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.
