Erigeron breviscapus seed
LATIN NAME: Erigeron breviscapus
COMMON NAME: Shortscape Fleabane
The shortscape fleabane is the pale daisy of the high meadow, and the white rays with the yellow centres open through the summer. The low, tufted, perennial plant carries the narrow, lance-shaped leaves and the small, daisy-like flowers with the white or pale-violet rays and the yellow centres through the summer, one of the fine, quiet sights of the high meadow and the rock garden. The plant has a long record in the old practice of the high country as the tonic herb of the head. It is a plant of the open, sunny to partly shaded, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The shortscape fleabane is a quiet, old subject of the plant science, and the white rays keep showing up in the work on the fleabane group. The chemistry of the plant, which has a long record in the old practice of the high country, has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the traditional herbs, the highland daisies and the members of the daisy family. The narrow leaves and the low, tufted habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the shortscape fleabane is a regular subject of the work on the quiet highland herbs of the East.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The shortscape fleabane is a fine, quiet plant of the high meadow and the rock garden. The small, daisy-like flowers with the white rays and the yellow centres open through the summer, one of the fine, pale sights of the high garden, and the plant has a long record in the old practice of the high country as the tonic herb of the head. The low, tufted habit makes it one of the fine choices for the rock garden, the alpine bed and the front of the sunny border, and the pale daisies open in the quiet drifts. It has been written up in the botanical and the herbal papers for the pale rays and the long record of use, and it is a fine, quiet plant of the open, sunny to partly shaded, well-drained garden.
The shortscape fleabane is one of the quiet highland herbs of the East, and the pale rays open through the summer. The plant has a long record in the old practice of the high country.
To grow the shortscape fleabane from seed, sow the small, brown seeds across the surface of a tray of moist seed compost, without covering them, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently. The seedlings come through within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun or the light shade and the well-drained ground, the pale rays will open through the summer.
