Erigeron uniflorus L.

3U
The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Botany, Georgian Academy of Sciences
Plants of Georgia
Asteraceae
Erigeron uniflorus L.
det. G. Nakhutsrishvili, 2004
Georgia., Kazbegi region (Central Caucasus), Gergeti range, about 6km
NW of vill. Kazbegi, qbout 1km SE of Ortsveri glacier, about 400m right of
t Chkheri. ca. 42° 39.524'N: ca. 44° 34.407' E. Elevation: ca. 2900 m.
Scree, between moraines. Plant cover 20 %. Poa alpina, Colpodium
versicolor.
Leaf tissue was collected from this specimen
for DNA exfraction, by Joseph Kleinkopf of
the UNM Herbarium, for a study on
phylogenetic relationships in Erigeron
(Asteraceae: Astereae). November 2024.
Perennial. Stem 3-15cm. Basal leaves spathulate, obtuse, entire, sparsely
hirsute-pubescent or ciliate eglandular; cauline leaves lanceolate or
oblanceolate. Capitula solitary on flowering stems bearing long spreading and
shorter adpressed hairs. Phyllaries commonly purplish. Pappus brownish
Otar Abdaladze, Marina Chiboshvili,
Temur Siukaev 306
10 August 2004
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