Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron hessii G.L.Nesom trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Brittonia 30: 440 (1978) |
Native Range | New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2900-3100m |
Description | sparsely hirsute, basal leaves lanceolate to elliptic, petiole flattened, ciliate, stem leaves sessile, upwards smaller, capitula solitary, involucre finely glandular |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white, lavender |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |