Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron hyperboreus Greene trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Pittonia 2: 227 (1892) |
Native Range | n. Russian Far East to Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 30-2400m |
Description | basal leaves narrowly oblanceolate, entire, hirsute, stem leaves linear, capitula solitary, involucre biseriate, deep purple, hirsute, ligules 30-60, 7-15mm long |
Size | 3-15cm |
Color | white, blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 | Erigeron alaskanus Cronquist Erigeron alaskanus f. albiflorus Jordal Erigeron hyperboreus f. albiflorus (Jordal) B.Boivin |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) |