Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron karvinskianus DC. trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 5: 285 (1836) |
Native Range | Mexico to Venezuela |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | thin rhizomes, stems slender and flexuous, branched, leaves obovate to narrowly elliptic, 10-35mm long, capitula 2-5cm across, in cluster, ligules abaxially purple |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Erigeron karvinskianus var. mucronatus (DC.) Hieron. Erigeron mucronatus DC. Erigeron trilobus Sond. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXS Mexico Southwest, MXT Mexico Southeast) 8 Southern America 80 Central America (COS Costa Rica, GUA Guatemala, HON Honduras, PAN Panamá) 83 Western South America |