Eritrichium nanum
| Eritrichium nanum | |
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| Eritrichium nanum growing in the Grandes Rousses, Oisans, France | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 European Alps and the North American Rocky Mountains.
Description
[edit]This cushion plant grows up to 10 centimetres (4 in) tall. It forms tufts of lanceolate leaves up to 1.5 centimetres (1⁄2 in) long.[3] Blooming from June to August, the deep blue corollas are five-lobed and funnel-shaped; five yellow pads surround the inner tube opening. The fruit is divided into four nutlets.[3]
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Eritrichium nanum var. aretioides in Alaska
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Similar species
[edit]Eritrichium howardii is similar, but has hairs dense enough to cover the leaves.[3]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The plant occurs in the European Alps and western North America from Alaska and along the Rocky Mountains to Oregon, Montana and New Mexico.[3] It grows at elevations of 10,000 feet in an environment of acid rocks, snow gullies and receding glaciers.
References
[edit]- ^ NRCS. "Eritrichium nanum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 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.
- ^ a b c d Spellenberg, Richard (2001) [1979]. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Region (rev ed.). Knopf. pp. 415–16. ISBN 978-0-375-40233-3.
External links
[edit]- Eritrichium nanum King of the Alps at ukwildflowers
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