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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erigeron vernus FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Whitetop Fleabane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron vernus FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Erigeron vernus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-006:

Erigeron vernus FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Erigeron vernus

COMMON NAME:
Whitetop Fleabane, Savanna Daisy Fleabane, Early Whitetop Fleabane

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image of Erigeron vernus, Whitetop Fleabane, Savanna Daisy Fleabane, Early Whitetop Fleabane

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_erve_001_lvd

Patrick D. McMillan pdmevernus_halfway

May Berkeley County SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Flowering stem almost leafless, basal leaves fleshy & 2-8cm long, 0.6-3cm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

Patrick D. McMillan pdmevernus_1

Month Unknown

Flower heads with 20-30 white (rarely lavender) ray flowers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erigeron vernus FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron vernus FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Erigeron vernus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-006:
Erigeron vernus FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erigeron vernus

2433

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, seepages, interdunal swales, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

map
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LEAVES:
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: White
Disc: Yellow/Yellowish
Flower heads with 20-30 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish/Reddish
Achene

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