Erigeron hyperboreus

Erigeron hyperboreus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Erigeron
Species: E. hyperboreus
Binomial name
Erigeron hyperboreus
Greene
Synonyms[1]

Erigeron alaskanus Cronquist

Erigeron hyperboreus is a rare Arctic species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Tundra fleabane. It has been found only in arctic tundra in Alaska, Yukon, and Northwest Territories.[2]

Description

Erigeron hyperboreus is a small perennial her rarely more than 15 centimeters (6 inches) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Each plant generally produces only one flower head, with 30-60 white or blue ray florets surrounding yellow disc florets.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Erigeron hyperboreus Greene
  2. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  3. ↑ Greene, Edward Lee 1892. Pittonia 2(11B): 227
  4. ↑ Flora of North America, Erigeron hyperboreus Greene, Tundra fleabane

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