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Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Asterales
        Family: Asteraceae
          Genus: Erigeron
            Species: rhizomatus

Zuni Fleabane - Erigeron rhizomatus

Zuni Fleabane

Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Herbaceous perennial with creeping rhizomes; stems 2.5-4.5 dm tall, sparsely branching from near the base, growing in clumps to about 3 dm in diameter; leaves alternate, oblong, about 1.0 cm long, glabrous except for occasional ciliate hairs on the margins; flower heads solitary terminating the branches, 13-16 mm wide, involucral bracts in several series; ray flowers 25-45, white or tinged with blue-violet, 6-7 mm long and 1.3-1.5 mm wide; disk flowers yellow; achenes 5-6 nerved, nearly glabrous, pappus 25-35 fragile bristles with a few short outer setae. Flowers May and June.

Status

Global Rank: G2

State Rank: S1

State Status: E

Federal Status: Listed Threatened [LT]

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BLM Status:

SWAP Status:

NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 21

Number of Mapped Locations: 329

Number of Observations: 561

Observation date range: 01-01-1943 to 05-29-2024

External Links

View More Information about this species at:
  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

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