Daisy, Narrow-leaved;  Erigeron foliosus

Late Bloomer.  Daisy-like flowers, bluish rays, yellow disks.  Also called Foothill Fleabane, Leafy Daisy.  Notes:  Aster (Sunflower) family.  Pink to pale blue flowers, linear leaves covered with many short hairs.  Prefer grassy, dry slopes.  Ours grow on the left slopes before the French Corral Creek Bridge, and along the river bank below and beyond.  The genus Erigeron has about 375 species worldwide.  Erigeron means ‘early old age.’ Click on species name below to go to USDA for this species. Kingdom Plantae -- Plants     Subkingdom Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants         Superdivision Spermatophyta -- Seed plants             Division Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants                 Class Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons                     Subclass Asteridae                         Order Asterales                             Family Asteraceae -- Aster family                                 Genus Erigeron L. -- fleabane                                     Species Erigeron foliosus Nutt. -- leafy fleabane Contains 5 Varieties and 5 accepted taxa overall

Daisy, Narrow-leaved  (Erigeron foliosus)