Erigeron humilis

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Erigeron humilis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Erigeron
Species:
E. humilis
Binomial name
Erigeron humilis
Graham 1828 not Spreng. ex DC. 1836
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy
  • Erigeron humileGraham [2]
  • Erigeron pulchellus var. unalaschkensisDC.
  • Erigeron unalaschkensis(DC.) Vierh.
  • Erigeron unalaschkensis var. grandisBöcher
  • Erigeron uniflorus f. pallidus(Cronquist) B.Boivin
  • Erigeron uniflorus var. unalaschkensis(DC.) Ostenf.

Erigeron humilis is an arctic and alpine species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known as the Arctic alpine fleabane or low fleabane. [3] [4] It is widespread across the colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere. In North America, it has been found in Alaska, much of Canada, Greenland, and the Rocky Mountains of the United States as far south as Colorado. [5] In Eurasia, it has been found in Scandinavia (including Iceland), [6] [7] and the Chukotka region in the Russian Far East. [8]

Erigeron humilis is a perennial herb up to 25 centimeters (10 inches) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Each plant generally produces only one flower head, with sometimes as many as 150 blue or purple ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. [3]

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References

  1. The Plant List, Erigeron humilis Graham
  2. Graham, Robert 1828. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 6: 175 diagnosis in Latin, description in English, as Erigeron humile
  3. 1 2 Flora of North America, Erigeron humilis Graham, 1828. Arctic Alpine fleabane, petite vergerette
  4. NatureServe (2023). "Erigeron humilis". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  6. Swedish Ecotourism Society, Photo Gallery / Flowers: Swedish Lapland, Erigeron humilis
  7. Flora of Svalbard
  8. Plantarium, Erigeron humilis J. Graham (family Asteraceae) photo