Erinus alpinus

ERINUS alpinus
Fairy Foxglove

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Type:
Perennial

Height: 2-4" (5-10cm)

Flowering Time: Spring

Flower Colour: White, pink, mauve

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Asteridae (Daisy Superorder)

Order: Scrophulariales (Figwort Order)

Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family)
(under the APGIII system, this plant is now in the
Plantaginaceae Family)

Genus: Erinus

Species: alpinus (alpine)

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Erinus alpinus is one of the most useful plants for a trough garden, as it forms a creeping mat or cushion of soft toothed leaves. Despite its common name, the flowers are nothing like those of the Foxglove. They are nearer to those of the Eyebright, an irregular square-tipped star, only about a quarter of an inch across, on small spikes about an inch high, in shades of pink, mauve or white. The plant forms a low mound or cushion of rosettes of toothed leaves about half an inch long, and flowers in spring.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Germination:
Spring
Outside (13 days)
Winter
Outside (58 days)

Seed Pod The seedpod is a small ball. Each tiny flower on the flower spike produces its own pod.
Seed The seeds are tiny brown balls. There are several seeds in a pod.
Seedling The seedling has toothed leaves.

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				Germination: Spring Outside (13 days) Winter Outside (58 days)
Seed Pod The seedpod is a small ball. Each tiny flower on the flower spike produces its own pod. Seed The seeds are tiny brown balls. There are several seeds in a pod. Seedling The seedling has toothed leaves.