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Species
Erigeron karvinskianus DC.
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Moist grasslands
Decumbent, branching, sparsely pubescent, perennial herb to 50 cm. Leaves subsessile; lamina up to 3 × 1.5 cm, 3-5-lobed, narrowly ovate, becoming smaller and narrower and less lobed above, sparsely pilose or glabrescent. Capitula c.8 mm wide, hemispheric. Phyllaries 4 mm, c. 2-seriate. Rays white, pink outside, up to 5 mm. Achenes 1-1.5 mm, ellipsoid, pilose. Pappus c. 2.5 mm.
In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
Podosphaera fusca parasitises live Erigeron karvinskianus
karvinskianus: probably after Baron Wilhelm Friedrich Karwinski von Karwin (Karvin) (1780-1855), Hungarian-born German naturalist and plant collector in Brazil and Mexico.
Locally common
"Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Naturalized, Native of Tropical America"
Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb Distribution notes: Exotic
Probably native to Mexico but widely naturalized in the New World and many tropical islands.