Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron aurantiacus Regel trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Gartenflora 28: 289 (1879) |
Native Range | Central Asia to n. Xinjiang and n. Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2100-3800m |
Description | basal leaves green, entire, long hirsute, acute, lanceolate, long petiolate, stem leaves numerous, semiamplexicaule, lanceolate, sessile, capitula solitary, 2-4cm across |
Size | 5-35cm |
Color | orange, yellow, red |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | + |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |