Conyza ramosissima Cronquist
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Asteraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Diffusely branched, slender, ± hairy annual 1–3 dm, with no well defined central axis; lvs narrowly linear, to 4 cm × 2 mm, the uppermost reduced to mere bracts; heads numerous, much like those of no. 1, often covering the broad, much branched summit of the plant; invol 3–4 mm, the outer bracts short-hairy, the inner glabrous; rays minute, purplish, about equaling or slightly exceeding the pappus; 2n=18. A weed in waste places, especially in sandy soil or along streams; O. and s. Ont. to Minn., s. to Ala. and Tex. Summer and fall. (Erigeron divaricatus; Leptilon d.)
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Common Names
dwarf fleabane