Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Symphyotrichum yukonense (Cronquist) G.L.Nesom trib. Astereae |
Synonyms | Aster yukonensis Cronquist |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 300-1500m |
Description | basal leaves alate-petiolate, narrowly oblanceolate, margins scabrous, glabrous, stem leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, acute, capitula solitary, involucre campanulate |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | purple, blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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
Subarctic America (Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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