Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron porsildii G.L.Nesom & D.F.Murray trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Sida 21: 44 (2004) |
Native Range | Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 600-2100m |
Description | basal leaves oblong-oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, entire, acute, densely villose, stem leaves lanceolate, capitula solitary, involucre densely hirsute, ligules 15mm |
Size | 2-20cm |
Color | white, blue |
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 grandiflorus ssp. arcticus A.E.Porsild |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |