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Morphology
- Stem
- Initially erect, later producing prostrate runners infrequently with rooting plantlets at tips, densely hirsute with spreading or deflexed hairs, obscurely glandular.
- Leaves
- Mostly basal, cauline few; basal blades spatulate to oblanceolate 2/5 to 2 inches long, 1/8 to 2/5 inch wide, margins entire to dentate or lobed, surfaces hirsute, eglandular; cauline abruptly reduced distally, base tapered.
- Inflorescence
- Heads 1-3, radiate. Involucres turbinate to hemispheric, 1/8 to 1/4 inch tall, 1/4 to 2/5 inch wide. Phyllaries in 3-4 series, green, narrowly oblanceolate to linear, hirsute, minutely glandular.
- Flower
- Ray florets 60-130; corolla white, sometimes tinged lavender, ligule 1/5 to 2/5 inch. Disc corollas numerous, yellow, tubular, 1/12 to 1/8 inch, lobes 5.
- Fruit
- Achenes oblong, flattened, less than 1/20 inch, sparsely strigose; pappus of outer series awns, inner series 12-16 barbellate bristles.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Sandy to gravelly mixed-grass and sandsage prairies
- Distribution
- West 1/3 of Kansas
Additional Notes
Comments
Named for American botanist Samuel Mills Tracy.
Synonyms
Alternative scientific names that have been used for this plant.
Scientific Name: Erigeron divergens
Full Citation: Erigeron divergens T. & G.
Quick Facts
- Plant Type
- Wildflower
- Family
- Asteraceae - Sunflower Family
- Life Span
- Annual
- Height
- 1-6 inches
- Origin
- Native
- Last Updated
- 2015-06-19
Color Groups
Blue, Purple, Lavender & Violet Wildflowers
White, Green & Greenish White Wildflowers
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Blooms: June, July, August