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Taxon:  Erigeron speciosus (Lindl.) DC.



Summary
Genus:
Erigeron
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Nomen number:
70266
Place of publication:
Prodr. 5:284. 1836, as "speciosum"
Verified:
03/11/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Erigeron macranthus Nutt.
Erigeron speciosus (Lindl.) DC. var. macranthus (Nutt.) Cronquist

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  3. Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972-
  4. Cronquist, A. 1947. Revision of the North American species of Erigeron, north of Mexico. Brittonia 6:152-153.
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  6. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  7. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  8. Harrington, H. Manual of the plants of Colorado. 1954
  9. Hitchcock, C. L. et al. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. 1955-1969
  10. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  11. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  12. Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. A flora of New Mexico. 1980
  13. Scoggan, H. J. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. 1978-1979
  14. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Common names
English
aspen daisy –
aspen fleabane –
garden fleabane –
showy fleabane –
German
Aspen-Berufkraut –
Swedish
skönbinka –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesSouth Dakota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja Norte 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorado 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesIdaho 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesMontana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregon 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashington 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWyoming 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesNevada 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtah 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaAlberta 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbia 
2Cultivated     
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
3AdventiveEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
4NaturalizedEuropeEast EuropeBelarus  
4NaturalizedEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
Native
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [South Dakota]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja Norte]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, Nevada, Utah]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia]
Cultivated ()
Adventive
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czech Republic, Germany
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Sweden
Naturalized
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Slovakia
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=70266. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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