Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron pulcherrimus A.Heller trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 200 (1898) |
Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1300-2100m |
Description | grey strigose, basal leaves crowded, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, to 7cm long, stem leaves several, reduced, capitula solitary, disc 1-2cm, ligules 25-60, 8-15mm long |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | white, pink, bluish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Erigeron bistiensis G.L.Nesom & Hevron Erigeron pulcherrimus var. typicus Cronquist Erigeron pulcherrimus var. wyomingia (Rydb.) Cronquist Erigeron wyomingius Rydb. Wyomingia cinerea A.Nelson Wyomingia pulcherrima (A.Heller) A.Nelson |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |