Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Erigeron radicatus Hook. trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 17 (1834) |
Native Range | wc. Canada to w. & nc. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1400-3400m |
Description | taproot, leaves oblanceolate or linear-oblanceolate, all in basal tuft, glabrous, capitula solitary, crateriform, disc 7-10mm across, ligules 20-50, 5-8mm long |
Size | 2-6cm |
Color | white, purplish |
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 cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Erigeron huberi S.L.Welsh & N.D.Atwood Erigeron inamoenus A.Nelson Erigeron macounii Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |