Erigeron kachinensis S.L.Welsh & Gl.Moore

Kachina fleabane (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Erigeron

Characteristics

Perennials, 6–18 cm; tap-rooted, caudices branches relatively short or long, sometimes relatively thick. Stems usually decumbent to ascending, (bases greenish) glabrous, eglandular. Leaves basal (persistent) and cauline; basal (bases greenish) blades oblanceolate to obovate or spatulate (often folding), 13–50 × 2–13 mm, cauline reduced distally, margins entire, faces glabrous, eglandular. Heads 1–4. Involucres 3.2–4 × 5–6 mm. Phyllaries in 2–3 series (often purplish, at least at tips, erect, apices appressed), glabrous, minutely glandular. Ray florets 10–15; corollas white or pinkish, 3.5–5.5 mm, laminae reflexing. Disc corollas 2.6–3 mm. Cypselae 1.8–2 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi: outer of setae, inner of 12–14 (stramineous, dull) bristles.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.2
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 20
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Distribution

Erigeron kachinensis world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:306236-2
WFO ID wfo-0000030376
COL ID 6GP7Y
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Synonyms

Erigeron kachinensis