Santa Barbara daisy (Erigeron karvinskianus) is a species of plant in the Asteraceae, a low herb with erect or lying stems, branches, growing along the ground or rocky cliffs, with elongated leaves and white or red and yellow disc flowers.
E. karvinskianus has stems that grow from rhizomes, strong, upright or lying down, cylindrical in shape, elongated and slender up to 15 cm, has branches, old green or reddish brown, young green and white-haired.
The leaves grow in rows along the stem, forming spiral panicles, elongated in shape, pointed tip, up to 5 cm long, up to 2 cm wide, a vein in the middle, green and white haired. Flowers grow at the tips of the stems, are disc-shaped white or red with yellow in the middle and up to 2 cm wide.
This species grows on forest floors, rock cliffs, often grows in cracks in walls or paving and quickly spreads to carpet flowers as large colonies.
TAXON
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Conyzinae
Genus: Erigeron L. in Sp. Pl.: 863 (1753)
Section: Karvinskia
Species: Erigeron karvinskianus DC. in Prodr. 5: 285 (1836)
HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS
Erigeron karvinskianus var. mucronatus (DC.) Asch. in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 41: 34 (1900)
Erigeron mucronatus DC. in Prodr. 5: 285 (1836)
Erigeron trilobus Sond. in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 12: 78 (1856)
PUBLICATIONS
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VERNACULAR NAME
Australia: Seaside daisy
Bengali: ডেইজি ফ্লিবেন Ḍē'iji phlibēna
Catalan: Vitadínia
Chinese (simplified): 加勒比飞蓬菊
Chinese (traditional): 加勒比飛蓬
Czech: Turan Karwinského
Danish: Mexikansk bakkestjerne
Dutch: Muurfijnstraal
English: Mexican Fleabane, St Peter Port Daisy, Mexican daisy, Wall Daisy, Daisy fleabane, Santa Barbara daisy, Seaside daisy
Estonian: Mehhiko õnnehein
Finnish: Rentokallioinen
French: Vergerette des murailles, Pâquerette des murailles, Érigéron de Karvinsky, Marguerite folle
German: Karvinskis Berufkraut
Hindi: डेज़ी फ्लीबेन Dezee phleeben
Indonesia: Kalasedi, Bunga Praten
Italian: Cespica karvinskiana
Japanese: ペラペラヨメナ - ペラペラヒメジョオン
Java: Kalasedi
Malayalam: പൊട്ടുപൂവ് Pottu-poovu
Nepali: डेजी फ्लीबेन Ḍējī phlībēna
New Zealand: Mexican daisy
Oceania: Seaside daisy
Polish: Przymiotno Karwińskiego
Portuguese: Vitadínia-das-floristas
Russian: Мелколепестник Карвинского
Sinhala: ඩේසි ෆ්ලීබේන් Dēsi flībēn
Spanish: Marimonia
Swedish: Murbinka, mexikobinka, mexicobinka
Tamil: தேர் செடி Thaer chedi
United Kingdom: Mexican fleabane
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