familyAsteraceae
tribeAsteraceae tribe Astereae
genusErigeron
speciesErigeron pulchellus
varietyErigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus

Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus

Guy L. Nesom
Common names: Vergerette délicate
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 327.
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Illustrator: Linny Heagy

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Stems hirsute to hirsuto-villous. Leaves margins ciliate, faces hirsute to hirsuto-villous. Ray corollas blue to pinkish. Disc corollas 4.5–6 mm. Cypselae glabrous or glabrate.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–May(–Jul).
Habitat: Bottomland, creek bottoms, ravines, swamp edges, dry to moist woods of oak, oak-pine, or mixed deciduous, prairies, roadbanks
Elevation: 50–900(–1200) m

Distribution

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Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Anther base shape
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
Anther dehiscence
introrse +
Anther fusion
connate +
Apex fusion
distinct +
Apex growth form or texture
herbaceous +
Apex size
subequal +
Apex texture
scarious +
Apical appendage quantity
0 +
Apical appendage shape
usually triangular +  and linear +
Appendage pubescence
hirsute +
Appendage relief
papillate +
Appendage shape
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
Array architecture
paniculiform +, corymbiform +  and loose +
Array development
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Author
Guy L. Nesom +
Authority
Michaux +
Band architecture
continuous +
Band quantity
1 +
Basal blade atypical length
13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
Basal blade atypical width
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Basal blade length
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
Basal blade shape
subspatulate +, oblanceolate +  and obovate or suborbiculate +
Basal blade width
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Base shape
decurrent +
Blade architecture
1-nerved +
Blade shape
linear;lanceolate oblanceolate or spatulate +
Body architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Body architecture or shape
ribbed +
Body relief
rugulose +  and muricate +
Branch arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Branch structure in adjective form
stigmatic +
Bristle architecture
barbellate +
Bristle atypical quantity
22;28 +
Bristle pappus duration
persistent +
Bristle quantity
28;36 +
Calyculus presence
absent +
Cauline blade size
reduced +
Common name
Vergerette délicate +
Corolla architecture
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
Corolla coloration
light blue +  and purplish pink or white +
Corolla presence
absent +
Corolla some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Cypsela architecture
2(-4)-nerved +
Cypsela architecture or shape
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
Cypsela growth form
dimorphic +
Cypsela pubescence
glabrate +  and glabrous +
Cypsela shape
subterete +, oblong +  and oblong-obovoid compressed +
Cypsela some measurement
1.3mm;1.8mm +
Disc-floret quantity
25 (450) +
Disc-floret reproduction
fertile +  and bisexual +
Disc corolla some measurement
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Disc cypsela presence
absent +
Disc floret architecture
staminate +
Disc floret reproduction
fertile +  and bisexual +
Distribution
Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
Elevation
50–900(–1200) m +
Embryo course
straight +
Face architecture
eglandular +
Face architecture or function or pubescence
glandular +
Face pubescence
hirsute +  and hirsuto-villous +
Filament fusion
distinct +
Floret architecture
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
Floret atypical quantity
5;15 +
Floret position
proximal +
Floret quantity
1;5 +
Floret reproduction
bisexual +
Fruit architecture
winged +  and beaked +
Fruit condition or texture
dry +
Fruit density
dispersed +
Habitat
Bottomland, creek bottoms, ravines, swamp edges, dry to moist woods of oak, oak-pine, or mixed deciduous, prairies, roadbanks +
Head architecture or arrangement
radiate +
Head architecture or shape
disciform +  and discoid +
Head arrangement
in loose , corymbiform or paniculiform arrays +  and singly +
Head atypical quantity
4 (9) +
Head development
indeterminate +
Head quantity
1;4 +
Head reproduction
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Linny Heagy +
Individual head architecture
each +  and sessile +
Involucre diameter
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
Involucre length
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Involucre position relational
surrounding +
Involucre shape
turbinate;hemispheric +
Involucre width
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Lamina shape
coiling +
Leaf architecture
petiolate +  and sessile +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Leaf position
cauline +  and basal +
Leaves margin architecture or pubescence or shape
ciliate +
Line quantity
2 +
Lobe atypical quantity
4 (5) +
Lobe orientation
erect;spreading +
Lobe quantity
5 (?) +
Lobe shape
deltate +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin shape
usually dentate +  and denticulate +
Margin texture
not +  and scarious +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture
2-carpellate +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary position
inferior +
Ovule fixation
attached +
Ovule orientation
anatropous +
Ovule quantity
1 +
Pericarp fragility
tough +
Pericarp width
thick +
Peripheral floret architecture
pistillate +
Peripheral floret presence
absent +
Peripheral floret quantity
50 (200) +
Petal fusion
connate +
Phenology
Flowering Mar–May(–Jul). +
Phyllarie architecture
3-nerved +  and 1-nerved +
Phyllarie atypical quantity
125 (150) +
Phyllarie duration
persistent +
Phyllarie fusion
distinct +
Phyllarie life cycle
falling +
Phyllarie pubescence
hirsute +  and hirsuto-villous minutely glandular +
Phyllarie quantity
30 (125) +
Phyllarie shape
narrowly elliptic +  and linear-lanceolate +
Phyllarie size
unequal +
Phyllarie texture
Herbaceous (Chartaceous or scarious) +
Phyllarie variability
equal +
Primary rhizome size
slender +
Publication title
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
Publication year
1803 +
Ray-floret architecture
pistillate +
Ray-floret atypical quantity
80 (100) +
Ray-floret presence
absent +
Ray-floret quantity
50 (80) +
Ray-floret reproduction
fertile +
Ray corolla coloration
blue +  and pinkish +
Receptacle architecture
epaleate +
Receptacle pubescence
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
Receptacle relief
pitted +
Receptacle shape
flat;conic +
Reference
None +
Rhizome architecture
scale-leaved +
Rhizome growth form or texture
herbaceous +
Rhizome shape
stoloniform +
Rhizome size
slender +
Root texture
fibrous +
Seed architecture
exalbuminous +
Seed quantity
1 +
Sepal variability
modifed +
Series atypical quantity
3 (4) +
Series quantity
2;3 +
Seta pappus atypical quantity
40 (50) +
Seta pappus coloration
stramineous +
Seta pappus duration
persistent +
Seta pappus fusion
connate +
Seta pappus life cycle
falling +
Seta pappus position
outer +
Seta pappus presence
absent +
Seta pappus quantity
Of setae (?) +
Source xml
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Special status
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Stamen arrangement
alternate +
Stamen atypical quantity
4 (5) +
Stamen quantity
5 +
Stem architecture
eglandular +
Stem architecture or function or pubescence
glandular +
Stem growth form or orientation
prostrate +  and decumbent +
Stem orientation
erect +  and ascending +
Stem pubescence
hirsute +  and hirsuto-villous +
Style-branch appendage shape
deltate +
Style-branch architecture
appendaged +  and truncate +
Style architecture
2-branched +
Style pubescence
glabrous +
Style quantity
1 +
Style relief
papillate +  and smooth +
Synonyms
Achaetogeron +  and Trimorpha +
Taxon family
Asteraceae +
Taxon name
Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus +
Taxon parent
Erigeron pulchellus +
Taxon rank
variety +
Throat shape
inflated +  and tubular +
Throat texture
indurate +
Tube height or length or size
shorter +
Volume
Volume 20 +
Whole-organism architecture
fibrous-rooted +  and rhizomatous +
Whole-organism atypical some measurement
90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
Whole-organism duration
perennial +
Whole-organism some measurement
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
Whole organism growth form
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +
X chromosome quantity
9 +