Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Symphyotrichum yukonense (Cronquist) G.L.Nesom trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Phytologia 77: 294 (1995) |
Native Range | Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 300-1500m |
Description | basal leaves alate-petiolate, narrowly oblanceolate, margins scabrous, glabrous, stem leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, acute, capitula solitary, involucre campanulate |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | purple, blue |
Bloom | 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 |
Synonyms | Aster yukonensis Cronquist Virgulus yukonensis (Cronquist) Reveal & Keener |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |