Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron alpinus L. trib. Astereae |
Synonyms | Erigeron alpestris Hoppe ex Nyman |
Erigeron nanus Schur | |
Erigeron polymorphus Scop. | |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | sparsely adpressed hirsute, lower leaves oblong-spathulate, attenuate to petiole, stem leaves sessile, linear, involucre hirsute, eglandular, capitula solitary |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | lilac-purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 |
Territory |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
alpinus intermedius (Rchb. ex Nyman) Pawl., Acta Bot. Croat. 28: 285 (1969)
alpinus rhodopaeus (Vierh.) Kožuharov & N.Andreev, Opred. Viss. Rast. Bulg. 785 (1992)
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