Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron major (Boiss.) Vierh. trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 19(2): 489 (1906) |
Native Range | se. Spain, Morocco |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2800-3800m |
Description | caespitose, densely pubescent, basal leaves in rosette, petiolate, lanceolate, obtuse, minutely mucronate, the upper sessile, linear, capitula solitary, 10-15mm, pedunculate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | lilac |
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 | Erigeron acris var. major (Boiss.) Pau Erigeron acris var. alpinoides Pau Erigeron alpinus ssp. funkii Sch.Bip ex Nyman Erigeron alpinus var. major Boiss. Erigeron alpinus var. nevadensis Pau Erigeron funkii (Sch.Bip. ex Nyman) Gand. Erigeron granatensis W.Lippert Erigeron hirsutus Hoppe ex DC. Erigeron mairei Braun-Blanq. Erigeron nevadensis (Vierh.) Sennen Trimorpha nevadensis Vierh. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SPA Spain) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) |