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| Erigeron tracyi. Synonyms: Erigeron
colomexicanus, Erigeron divergens variety cinereus. Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) Foothills. Openings, woods. Spring. Erigeron colomexicanus plants grow quickly and become a mass of tangled stolons and tall, lanky stems. |
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Erigeron tracyi. Synonyms: Erigeron
colomexicanus, Erigeron divergens variety cinereus. Foothills. Openings, woods. Spring. Erigeron tracyi combines characteristics of Erigeron divergens and Erigeron flagellaris. The overall appearance of the plant is that of the former and the stolons (runners) are those of the latter. A Utah Flora and Intermountain Flora consider E. colomexicanus to be a variety of E. divergens, but The Flora of North America, the Synthesis, and Weber consider this to be a distinct species, the former two calling it E. tracyi and the latter calling it E. colomexicanus. Nelson named the plant E. colomexicanus, Gray named it E. divergens variety cinereus, and Greene named it E. trayci. |
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Erigeron tracyi. Synonyms: Erigeron
colomexicanus, Erigeron divergens variety cinereus. Foothills. Openings, woods. Spring. |
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Erigeron tracyi. Synonyms: Erigeron
colomexicanus, Erigeron divergens variety cinereus. Foothills. Openings, woods. Spring. The spreading hairiness of the plant separates it from E. flagellaris which has appressed hairiness. |
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Synonyms: Erigeron
colomexicanus, Erigeron divergens variety cinereus. Erigeron tracyi. Foothills. Openings, woods. Spring. The runners (stolons) of E. colomexicanus are obvious because they are numerous, long and thick. In addition, they seldomly root at their tips to produce new plants. The stolons of E. flagellaris are harder to find because they are fewer, shorter, and thinner. They frequently root at their tips producing new plants. |
Range map © John Kartesz,
County Color Key
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Range map for Erigeron tracyi |
Species present in state and native
Species present in state and exotic
Species not present in state
Species present and not rare
Species present and rare
Species extirpated (historic)
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Eradicated
Questionable presence