Erigeron acris L., 1753 50% complete

Bitter daisy

Sp. Pl.: 863 (1753)


Data sources

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Sourced8 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded18 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 863 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Bitter daisy No source recorded
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Family common name Aster family No source recorded
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Observations Temp. Eurasia to N. Myanmar No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 30 cm
  • 30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 174, 310, 500, 818, 898, 918
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 174, 500, 918
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Flower color red Sourced
Flower conspicuous true No source recorded
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Foliage texture medium Sourced
Fruit conspicuous false No source recorded
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Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth form Stoloniferous No source recorded
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Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Growth rate Moderate No source recorded
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Maximum height empty
  • 55 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 174, 310, 500, 818, 898, 918
Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months feb, jun Sourced
Duration biennial, perennial
  • biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 818, 918
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Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity No source recorded
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Ground humidity empty
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Light 9 / 9 · full sun Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 8 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 242
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Differs from sources
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 23 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record