Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron denalii A.Nelson trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Amer. J. Bot. 32: 289 (1945) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to British Columbia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 900-2200m |
Description | taproot, leaves spathulate, 1-2cm, entire or shallowly dentate, obtuse, villose, capitula solitary, involucre biseriate, densely lanate, glandular, ligules 30-55, 4-8mm |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white, lavender |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Erigeron mexiae K.M.Becker Erigeron purpuratus var. dilatatus B.Boivin |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |