Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron algidus Jeps. trib. Astereae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2600-3700m |
Description | leaves crowded at base, narrowly oblanceolate to obovate, entire, petiolate, stem leaves few, reduced, linear, capitula solitary, disc 8-15mm, ligules 25-120, 5-13mm long |
Size | 2-30cm |
Color | bluish purple, pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Nevada) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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