Erigeron alpinus explained

Erigeron alpinus, the alpine fleabane, is a European species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Europe except the far north.^[1]

Erigeron alpinus is an herb up to 30cm (10inches) tall, with spoon-shaped, hairy, medium green leaves. The plants flowers are narrow and have a thread-like ray florets, which are made out of 2 or more rows. In the summer the flower heads have lilac-blue to red-purple ray florets surrounding greenish-yellow disc florets, and are 3.75frac=2NaNfrac=2 tall.^[2]

Subspecies^[3]

• Erigeron alpinus subsp. alpinus
• Erigeron alpinus subsp. intermedius (Rchb.) Pawł.
• Erigeron alpinus subsp. rhodopaeus (Vierh.) Kožuharov & N.Andreev

Notes and References

1. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=erigeron+alpinus Altervista Flora Italiana, Cespica alpina, Erigeron alpinus L.
2. http://www.tela-botanica.org/bdtfx-nn-24835-synthese Tela Botanica, Erigeron alpinus L., Vergerette des Alpes
3. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-49022 The Plant List, Erigeron alpinus L.