Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 09781 
Family Asteraceae 
Species Erigeron acris L.
Subspecies ssp. politus (Fr.) Schinz & R. Keller
Common name "bitter fleabane"
Collector Information J.G. Harris  (3610)  21 July 2004 , with D.L. Taylor
Geography Canada,  Yukon Territory, 
Lat./Long. 65°  13' 32" N, 138°  10 ' 14" W at 2329 feet (710 m)
Locality Ogilvie Mts, on the Dempster Highway, at km 177. 
Ecology Limestone scree slopes, tundra community. 

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Erigeron acris ssp. politus (Fries) Schinz & R. Keller

     Erigeron acris auct. non L. p.p.
     Erigeron acris var. asteroides (Andrz. ex Bess.) DC.
     Erigeron droebachianus O.F. Muell. ex Retz.
     Erigeron elongatus Ledeb.
     Erigeron politus Fries
     Trimorpha acris auct. non (L.) S.F. Gray p.p.
     Trimorpha acris var. asteroides (Andrz. ex Bess.) Nesom

Common Name(s): bitter fleabane.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=35813, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Asterales
                                Family: Asteraceae
                                    Genus: Erigeron
                                        Species: Erigeron acris
                                            Subspecies: Erigeron acris ssp. politus
                                                

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 09781s2.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 04875s2.jpg 
04875
specimen image: 04876s2.jpg 
04876
specimen image: 09650s2.jpg 
09650
specimen image: 09772s2.jpg 
09772
specimen image: 10765s2.jpg 
10765

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
09778 Braya humilis  ssp. humilis   "low northern rockcress" same section
09782 Castilleja yukonis      "Yukon paintbrush" same section
09779 Descurainia sophioides      "northern tansy mustard" same section
09780 Draba cana     same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name

Links

Taxon Links for species Erigeron acris  L.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Erigeron+acris

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