Erigeron uniflorus - One-Flowered Fleabane

One-flowered Fleabane is an alpine perennial herb with whitish daisy-like flowers. The plants can reach up to a height of between 2 and 6 cm (maximum 20 cm). The whole plant is covered with woolly hairs. Part of the stem is underground, the underground part consists of a short rhizome. Over-ground part of the stem is erect, simple and very hairy. There is a basal rosette (mostly irregular) consists of leaves entire, dark green spoon-shaped, and some stem leaves are similar to basal but smaller and stalkless. Size of the basal leaves is width 4-7 mm, length 2-4 cm. Flower-heads are solitary, 2-2.5 cm wide, the rays white tinted purple-blue and darkening with age, sometimes entirely white or lilac. Flower-heads are surrounded by involucral bracts. Disc florets are yellowish, tubular, small. One-flowered Fleabane is wide-spread in Europe and Asia, and is also found in Western Himalayas, at altitudes of 2000-4200 m. Flowering: July-August.