Eritrichium nanum
Appearance
Eritrichium nanum | |
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Eritrichium nanum growing in the Grandes Rousses, Oisans, France | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Eritrichium |
Species: | E. nanum
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Binomial name | |
Eritrichium nanum (L.) Schrad. ex Gaudin
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Eritrichium nanum, the arctic alpine forget-me-not[1] or king-of-the-Alps,[2] is a circumpolar alpine cushion plant which occurs in the North American Rocky Mountains as well as the European Alps. It grows at elevations of 10,000 feet in an environment of acid rocks, snow gullies and receding glaciers.
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References
[edit]- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Eritrichium nanum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
Eritrichium nanum, King of the Alps