Erigeron
See also: erigeron
Translingual
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἦρι (êri, “early in the morning”) and γέρων (gérōn, “old man”), a reference to the appearance of the white hairs of the fruit soon after flowering[1] or possibly alluding to the early appearance of the seed heads.[2]
Proper noun
Erigeron m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – flowering daisy-like plants, including certain fleabanes.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae - family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Astereae - tribe
Hyponyms
- For species see
Erigeron on WikispeciesWikispecies or
Erigeron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Erigeron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Erigeron on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Erigeron on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Erigeron at USDA Plants database