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Fanleaf fleabane

Erigeron flabellifolius

Fanleaf fleabane is a tiny perennial wildflower native to high mountains around Yellowstone and Grand Teton, growing on cliffs, rock slides and alpine meadows. It is a rare species best suited to cool, open rock gardens with excellent drainage.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry between waterings, and avoid soggy conditions.
Soil
Gritty, very well-drained mineral soil or rock garden mix.
Temperature
Cool conditions suited to alpine habitat; tolerates hard winter cold.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Montana to Wyoming

About

Erigeron flabellifolius is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names fan-leaf fleabane .

Erigeron flabellifolius is native to the mountains in the vicinity of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park in Montana and Wyoming. It grows at high elevations on cliffs, rockslides, and alpine meadows.

Other Erigeron plants

Dwarf horseweed · Lance-leafed Darwin's Shrub · Thin-leafed Darwin's Shrub · Fleabane · Abajo fleabane · Bluewater fleabane · Blue Fleabane · Erigeron adscendens · Hall's fleabane · Stalked fleabane · Alice Eastwood's fleabane · Erigeron allochrous

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erigeron flabellifolius 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.

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