Erigeron aureus, the Alpine yellow fleabane, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Cascades and Rocky Mountains of northwestern North America (Alberta, British Columbia, Washington).Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map The specific epithet aureus means "golden yellow".
Range and Habitat Erigeron aureus is native to the Cascades and Rocky Mountains of northwestern North America (Alberta, British Columbia, Washington). Hitchcock, C.L. and Cronquist, A. 2018. Flora of the Pacific Northwest, 2nd Edition, p. 56. University of Washington Press, Seattle. It grows in high mountains on exposed ridges and rocky slopes and in rock crevices.
Description Erigeron aureus is a very small, short-lived herbaceous perennial growing to , rarely tall. It has tufts of hairy grey-green leaves with large solitary yellow daisy-like flower heads to wide, appearing in summer.
Cultivation Erigeron aureus is suitable for cultivation in a rockery, wall or similar sunny, well-drained site.
In the UK it thrives in the warmer western and southern coastal areas, though it is listed as hardy down to . The cultivar 'Canary Bird', longer-lived than wild populations of the species, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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