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Erigeron purpurascens is a tiny, clump-forming perennial daisy from mountainsides in Sichuan, southwestern China, rarely taller than 7 cm. It is a wild species with little cultivation history, so care is based on general knowledge of alpine Erigeron.
Erigeron purpurascens is a Chinese species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It grows on mountainsides in the province of Sichuan in southwestern China.
Erigeron purpurascens is a tiny, clump-forming perennial herb rarely more than 7 cm (2.8 inches) tall, forming a woody rhizomes. Its flower heads have purple ray florets surrounding yellow disc florets.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erigeron purpurascens 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.
