Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron peregrinus (Pursh) Greene trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 166 (1897) |
Native Range | Russian Far East, Subarctic America to nw. Oregon |
Primary Biome | Subarctic or Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 900-3000m |
Description | basal leaves linear-oblanceolate to spathulate, 5-10cm, entire, hirsute to glabrous, capitula solitary, involucre 2-3-seriate, villose, ligules 30-80, 12-25mm long |
Size | 5-70cm |
Color | blue, pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Aster peregrinus Pursh Aster tilesii Wichstr. Erigeron hesperocallis Greene Erigeron membranaceus Greene Erigeron peregrinus var. dawsonii Greene Erigeron peregrinus f. dentatus Cronquist Erigeron peregrinus f. membranaceus (Greene) Cronquist Erigeron peregrinus f. subvillosus Cronquist Erigeron peregrinus ssp. typicus Cronquist Erigeron regalis Greene |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KUR Kuril Is.) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) |