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Erigeron barbellulatus
Shining fleabane is a small alpine perennial daisy, under 15 cm tall, that grows on gravelly, rocky slopes in the high Sierra Nevada of California. It needs cool, well-drained, gritty conditions and full sun, and is mainly grown by enthusiasts of native alpine plants.
Erigeron barbellulatus, commonly known as shining fleabane, is a species of fleabane in the family Asteraceae.
The small plant is endemic to northeastern California, in the Sierra Nevada, from Lassen County south to Tulare County. It is found on gravelly and rocky slopes, at elevations of 2,100–3,300 metres (6,900–10,800 ft), from sagebrush/pine to Sierra Nevada subalpine zone forest habitats.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erigeron barbellulatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
