| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Erigeron alpinus L. trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 864 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe to n. Iran, Ethiopia, Kenya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 1500-3000m |
| Description | sparsely adpressed hirsute, lower leaves oblong-spathulate, attenuate to petiole, stem leaves sessile, linear, involucre hirsute, eglandular, capitula solitary |
| Size | 5-40cm |
| Color | lilac-purple, white |
| 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 | Aster rupestris E.H.L.Krause Erigeron alpestris Hoppe ex Nyman Erigeron alpinus var. brigae Briq. & Cavill. Erigeron alpinus var. hirsutus Gaudin Erigeron alpinus var. inconcinnus Briq. & Cavill. Erigeron alpinus var. minor Gaudin Erigeron alpinus var. minus Gaudin Erigeron alpinus var. ramosus Wahlenb. Erigeron alpinus var. tephrops Briq. & Cavill. Erigeron asteroides Hoppe ex Nyman Erigeron glaber Hoppe ex Nyman Erigeron glabratus Endr. ex Willk. & Lange Erigeron grandiflorus Hoppe ex DC. Erigeron hegetschweileri Brügger Erigeron leschenaultii DC. Erigeron nanus Schur Erigeron polymorphus Scop. Erigeron prantlii Dalla Torre Erigeron rupestris Hoppe ex DC. Erigeron uniflorus ssp. picoeuropanus M.J.Y.Foley Erigeron villarsii ssp. hegetschweileri (Brügger) Nyman Stenactis alpina (L.) Cass. Tessenia alpina (L.) Bubani Trimorpha alpina (L.) Vierh. Trimorpha gracilis Vierh. Trimorpha strigosa Vierh. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) 2 Africa 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (ETH Ethiopia) 25 East Tropical Africa (KEN Kenya) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |