Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron foliosus Nutt. trib. Astereae |
Synonyms | Erigeron blasdalei Greene |
Erigeron decumbens Benth. | |
Erigeron fragilis Greene | |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 300-2900m |
Description | thick taproot, leaves numerous, crowded, all subequal, linear, 1-8cm, capitula 1-several in cyme, disc 10-18mm across, ligules 15-65, 5-15mm long |
Size | 10-90cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (California ) Mexico (Mexico Northwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
foliosus confinis (Howell) Jeps., Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. [Jepson] 1056 (1925)
foliosus franciscensis G.L.Nesom, Phytologia 72: 185 (1992)
foliosus hartwegii (Greene) Jeps., Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. [Jepson] 1056 (1925)
foliosus setchellii (Jeps.) D.W.Taylor, Fl. Yosemite Sierra 373 (2010)
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