Erigeron borealis

Erigeron borealis, commonly known as the alpine fleabane or northern fleabane, is a small perennial herb in the family Asteraceae native to arctic and alpine regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including Scotland, Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland, and montane parts of North America. The plant typically grows 5 to 20 centimetres tall from a short rhizome, producing a basal rosette of spathulate to oblanceolate leaves that are usually entire, slightly hairy, and 1 to 4 centimetres long. Stems are erect, simple or sparsely branched, bearing one to a few terminal flower heads. Each capitulum is 1 to 2 centimetres across, with two or three rows of narrow ligulate ray florets that are pale lilac, pink, or whitish, surrounding a central disc of yellow tubular florets. The phyllaries are linear-lanceolate, hairy, and often purplish. Fruits are small achenes with a pappus of fine bristles. It grows on damp rocky ledges, calcareous mountain grassland, and snow-bed habitats.