Saturday, December 8, 2012

DAISY FLEABANE (Erigeron bellidioides )

Flowers of Himalaya

DAISY FLEABANE 

Botanical name: Erigeron bellidioides 
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Aster bellidioides

Daisy Fleabane are carpeting plants which spontaneously bloom in hill-stations, on the ground with wild grass, peering from wall cervices, and almost any place available. This evergreen perennial with green foliage, produces an abundance of yellow centered, small daisy-like flowerheads in summer. The outer petals are initially white, maturing to pink. Native to the Indian Subcontinent: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan.




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