Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron concinnus (Hook. & Arn.) Torr. & A.Gray trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Fl. N. Amer. 2: 174 (1841) |
Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 800-2900m |
Description | taproot, adpressed hirsute, basal leaves erect, crowded, linear to oblanceolate, inflorescence flattened, capitula 1-many, 7-11mm across, ligules 40-60, revolute |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | blue, white, rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Distasis concinna Hook. & Arn. Erigeron brandegeei A.Gray Erigeron concinnus var. eremicus Jeps. Erigeron pumilus ssp. concinnoides Cronquist Erigeron pumilus var. concinnus (Hook. & Arn.) Dorn Erigeron pumilus var. euconcinnoides Cronquist Erigeron setulosus Greene Erigeron simulans Greene Erigeron wyomingensis A.Nelson |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |