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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Plant Spread: To 20 cm (8 inches)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Pink
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Inflorescence Height: To 15 cm (6 inches)
Foliage Mound Height: To 5 cm (2 inches)
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Cutleaf Daisy
  • Dwarf Mountain Fleabane
  • Trifid Mountain Fleabane
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Erigeron compositus
  • Synonym: Erigeron compositus var. discoideus

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Location: Mount Eddy, Trinity Mountains, California
Date: 08/13/2014
photo by John Game via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/4794
Location: Hortus Botanicus Akureyensis - Akureya - Iceland
Date: 2019-07-29
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-03-26
Small but tough plant.
Location: My Garden
Date: 2014-05-25
Location: Hortus Botanicus Akureyensis - Akureya - Iceland
Date: 2019-07-29
Location: West Mountain, Tooele County, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-07-18
Location: West Mountain, Tooele County, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-07-18
Location: West Mountain, Tooele County, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-07-18
Location: Banff Canada | August, 2022

photo by ghislain118

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Location: West Mountain, Tooele County, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-07-18
Location: Olympic National Park
photo credit: Walter Siegmund
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: Feb. 8, 2016
Zone 9b. First flower of the season on this very small plant that
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-20
Among the earliest plants to set seed in my garden
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2016-05-12
Location: Alpine zone, Banff N.P., Alberta.
Date: 2011-08-12
Location: Alpine zone, Banff N.P., Alberta.
Date: 2010-08-14
Location: High alpine zone, Banff N.P., Alberta.
Date: 2013-08-13
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-04-25
Comments:
  • Posted by 4susiesjoy (Leonard, Minnesota - Zone 3b) on Mar 28, 2015 8:29 AM concerning plant:
    Dainty little wild flower that self seeds prolifically. It works well in a rock garden and prefers well drained soil. It blooms in early spring and its flowers add a cheerful presence to the early spring garden.

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