Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron humilis Graham trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1828(Oct.-Dec): 175 (1828) |
Native Range | Subarctic to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 0-4000m |
Description | loosely villose, basal leaves oblanceolate, to 8cm, stem leaves reduced, linear, capitula solitary, disc 1-2cm, involucre lanate, rays 50-150, 3-6mm long |
Size | 2-25cm |
Color | purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Erigeron pulchellus var. unalaschkensis DC. Erigeron unalaschkensis (DC.) Vierh. Erigeron unalaschkensis var. grandis Böcher Erigeron uniflorus var. unalaschkensis (DC.) B.Boivin |
Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |