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Erigeron speciosus. DC. (Stenactis speciosa, Lindl.). Height 1½-2 fit., the st. more or less woody: hairs few, loose: st. very leafy at top: root-lvs. more or less spatulate; st.-lvs. lanceolate, acute, half-clasping. Brit. Col. to Ore. near the coast. Var. superbus, Hort., sold abroad, has lighter colored and more numerous fls. Var. major, Hort., has broader rays and brighter colors. Var. roseus, Hort. Ray-florets lilac; disk-florets yellow. Var. grandiflorus, Hort. Fls. larger and deeper in color than in var. superbus.
Erigeron speciosus. DC. (Stenactis speciosa, Lindl.). Height 1½-2 fit., the st. more or less woody: hairs few, loose: st. very leafy at top: root-lvs. more or less spatulate; st.-lvs. lanceolate, acute, half-clasping. Brit. Col. to Ore. near the coast. B.M. 3606. B.R. 1577. Gn. 52:484. G. 21:15. Var. superbus, Hort., sold abroad, has lighter colored and more numerous fls. Gn. 75, p. 118. G. 31:81. Var. major, Hort., has broader rays and brighter colors. Var. roseus, Hort. Ray-florets lilac; disk-florets yellow. Var. grandiflorus, Hort. Fls. larger and deeper in color than in var. superbus.
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syn. Erigeron macranthus, Nutt. Height 10-20 in.: hairs numerous and long or short, sometimes nearly absent: lvs. lanceolate to ovate: rays very numerous, at least ¾ in. long. Rocky Mts., Wyo. to New Mex. and S. W. Utah.—A good species. Blooms later than the eastern species. Violet. Hardy. Can be used with good effect in mass plantings of autumn-flowering asters and goldenrods.
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