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Erigeron alpiniformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Erigeron
Species:	E. alpiniformis
Binomial name
Erigeron alpiniformis Cronquist
Synonyms
Erigeron borealis var. alpiniformis (Cronquist) Á.Löve Trimorpha borealis Vierh. Erigeron borealis (Vierh.) Simmons

Erigeron alpiniformis is a rare Arctic species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, and one of several plants known by the common name alpine fleabane. It has been found only in Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat, part of Denmark) and in Labrador and Nunavut in Canada.

Erigeron alpiniformis is a short, branching shrub rarely more than 20 cm (8 inches) tall. The inflorescence generally consists of 1 or 2, rarely 3 or 4 flower heads, each head with many small yellow disc florets and surrounded by a ring of 100–200 white or pinkish-purple ray florets.

References

1. The Plant List, Erigeron alpiniformis Cronquist
2. Tropicos, Trimorpha borealis Vierh.
3. NRCS. "Erigeron alpiniformis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
4. Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
5. The International Plant Names Index, Trimorpha borealis Vierh.
6. Flora of North America, Erigeron alpiniformis Cronquist

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Greenland in 1926, isotype of Erigeron alpiniformis

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• Erigeron
• Flora of Nunavut
• Flora of Labrador
• Plants described in 1947
• Flora of Greenland
• Taxa named by Arthur Cronquist
• Erigeron stubs