Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron humilis Graham trib. Astereae |
Synonyms | Erigeron unalaschkensis (DC.) Vierh. |
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 | tuft |
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 |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Iceland , Norway , Sweden ) Asia-Temperate Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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