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Erigeron goodrichii is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Uinta Mountain fleabane.[1]

Erigeron goodrichii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Erigeron
Species:	E. goodrichii
Binomial name
Erigeron goodrichii S.L.Welsh

Erigeron goodrichii has been found only in the northeastern part of the state of Utah in the western United States.[2] It grows at high elevations in the mountains, sometimes above tree line.[1]

Erigeron goodrichii is a tiny perennial herb rarely more than 12 cm (4.8 inches) tall, producing a woody taproot. Stems and leaves are covered with hairs, some of them stiff. The plant sometimes produces only one flower heads per stem, sometimes 2 or 3. Each head contains as many as 60 blue ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.[1]

Species is named for ecologist Sherel Goodrich (1943-) of Utah State University.

References

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Utah in 1981, isotype of Erigeron goodrichii
• Data related to Erigeron goodrichii at Wikispecies

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