Family Asteraceae
Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd. var. septentrionalis (Fernald & Wiegand) Fernald
daisy fleabane, prairie fleabane
Erigeron: from Greek eri, "early," and geron, "old man," thus meaning "old man in the spring," referring to the fluffy, white seed heads and the early flowering and fruiting of many species
strigosus: strigose, that is, covered with straight, flat-lying hairs
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