WorldFloraDB - Oreostemma alpigenum

Characteristics

Plants 4–40 cm; stems, leaves, and phyllaries densely villous to glabrate, eglandular (at least some hairs always perceptible on distal stems and on proximal portions of phyllaries). Leaf blades oblanceolate. Phyllaries 1-nerved, herbaceous or slightly tawny-indurate proximally; outer 0.8–1.2 mm wide proximally.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.05 - 0.35

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	-
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Habit

Flower

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:235566-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000013353
COL ID	74TYG
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Oreastrum alpigenum Aster alpigenus Aster pulchellus Oreastrum alpigenum var. alpigenum Oreostemma alpigenum subsp. alpigenum Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum Aster alpigenus subsp. alpigenus Aster alpigenus var. alpigenus Haplopappus alpigenus Oreostemma alpigenum

Lower taxons

Oreostemma alpigenum var. haydenii Oreostemma alpigenum var. andersonii

WorldFloraDB 2024

Oreostemma alpigenum (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene

Tundra aster (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Oreostemma