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§1 Plant

Erigeron eatonii A. Gray

vernacular Eaton's fleabane — species · Asteraceae


USDA
EREA
GBIF
3147259
Rank
species
Eaton's fleabane (Erigeron eatonii)
Platephotograph · Sherri E Scott source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Erigeron
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 120 counties across 11 states/territories
Legend Native · 120 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Low
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-18 °F minimum
Frost-free days
145 min.
Precipitation
8–14 in/yr
pH range
6.5–8.8
Root depth
12 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
0.8 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
250,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 120 counties across 11 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 3 N
California view state ↗ 15 N
Colorado view state ↗ 12 N
Idaho view state ↗ 14 N
Montana view state ↗ 2 N
Nevada view state ↗ 13 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N
Oregon view state ↗ 18 N
Utah view state ↗ 27 N
Washington view state ↗ 4 N
Wyoming view state ↗ 11 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/EREA ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3147259 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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