Erigeron aureus

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Erigeron aureus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Erigeron
Species:
E. aureus
Binomial name
Erigeron aureus
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Aplopappus brandegeeiA.Gray 1884 not Erigeron brandegeei A. Gray 1884
  • Haplopappus brandegeeiA.Gray 1884 not Erigeron brandegeei A. Gray 1884
  • Aster brandegeei(A.Gray) Kuntze
  • Erigeron arthuriiB.Boivin
  • Stenotus brandegei(A.Gray) Howell

Erigeron aureus, the Alpine yellow fleabane, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Cascades and Rocky Mountains of northwestern North America (Alberta, British Columbia, Washington). [3] [4] The specific epithet aureus means "golden yellow". [5]

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Range and Habitat

Erigeron aureus is native to the Cascades and Rocky Mountains of northwestern North America (Alberta, British Columbia, Washington). [6] It grows in high mountains on exposed ridges and rocky slopes and in rock crevices. [3] [7]

Description

Erigeron aureus is a very small, short-lived herbaceous perennial growing to 10 cm (4 in), rarely 20 cm (8 in) tall. It has tufts of hairy grey-green leaves with large solitary yellow daisy-like flower heads to 2.5 cm (0.98 in) wide, appearing in summer. [8] [7] [9] [10]

Cultivation

Erigeron aureus is suitable for cultivation in a rockery, wall or similar sunny, well-drained site.

In the UK it thrives in the warmer western and southern coastal areas, though it is listed as hardy down to −10 °C (14 °F). [11] The cultivar 'Canary Bird', longer-lived than wild populations of the species, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [11] [12]

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References

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  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  5. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN   9781845337315.
  6. Hitchcock, C.L. and Cronquist, A. 2018. Flora of the Pacific Northwest, 2nd Edition, p. 56. University of Washington Press, Seattle.
  7. 1 2 "Erigeron aureus". Flora of North America. eFloras.org.
  8. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN   1405332964.
  9. Klinkenberg, Brian, ed. (2014). "Erigeron aureus". E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
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