Species of flowering plant
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]
References
^ Graham, Robert 1828. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 6: 175 diagnosis in Latin , description in English, as Erigeron humile
^ The Plant List, Erigeron humilis Graham
^ a b Flora of North America, Erigeron humilis Graham, 1828. Arctic Alpine fleabane, petite vergerette
^ NatureServe (2023). "Erigeron humilis " . Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 12 August 2023 .
^ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
^ Swedish Ecotourism Society, Photo Gallery / Flowers: Swedish Lapland, Erigeron humilis
^ "Flora of Svalbard" . Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2015-06-27 .
^ Plantarium, Erigeron humilis J. Graham (family Asteraceae) photo