Erigeron humilis is an arctic and alpine species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known as the Arctic alpine fleabane or low fleabane. It is widespread across the colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere. In North America, it has been found in Alaska, much of Canada, Greenland, and the Rocky Mountains of the United States as far south as Colorado. In Eurasia, it has been found in Scandinavia (including Iceland), and the Chukotka region in the Russian Far East.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Low Fleabane being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Erigeron
- Species
- Erigeron humilis
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