Erigeron acer, Erigeron acre, Trimorpha acris, SE: Gråbinka,
DE: Scharfes Berufkraut, NL: Scherpe fijnstraal, UK: Blue Fleabane

Scientific name:		Erigeron acer L.
Synonym name:		Erigeron acre L., Trimorpha acris (L.) Gray
Swedish name:		Gråbinka
German name:		Scharfes Berufkraut
Nederlandse naam:		Scherpe fijnstraal
English name:		Blue Fleabane
Family:		Asteraceae / Compositae, Korgblommiga växter

Date Picture Taken: July 7, 2009

Life form:		Annual
Stems:		Hairy, slender and upright, often red or purple.
Leaves:		Entire, lanceolate, dentate or serrate
Flowers:		Flower-heads 12 mm across in a small loose panicle; involucral bracts numerous, narrow, pointed and hairy; outer florets purple, usually 2 rows, ligulate, slender and nearly erect; inner florets tubular and yellow
Flowering Period:		July, August
Fruits:		An achene, pappus of long, reddish unbranched hairs
Habitat:		Coast, farmland, settlements

Date Picture Taken: July 7, 2009 Derivation of the botanical name: Erigeron from the Greek eri, "early"; geron, "old man", a reference to the appearance of the white hairs of the fruit soon after flowering, acer, "sharp, pungent" The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. The standard author abbreviation Gray is used to indicate Samuel Frederick Gray (1766 – 1828), a British botanist, mycologist, and pharmacologist.