Oreostemma alpigenum (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Oreostemma alpigenum (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene

Oreostemma alpigenum (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene

Oreostemma alpigenum is a perennial/subshrub in Asteraceae from western US mountains, commonly called tundra aster or Anderson's mountain crown.

Family
Genus
Oreostemma
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Oreostemma alpigenum (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene

Oreostemma alpigenum (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene, previously classified as Aster alpigenus, is a perennial plant that may grow into a subshrub. It belongs to the family Asteraceae and is native to mountain habitats in the western United States. Its common names are tundra aster and Anderson's mountain crown.

Photo: (c) 2013 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Oreostemma

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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