Leontopodium japonicum Miq.


Family	ASTERACEAE
Genus species	Leontopodium japonicum Miq. trib. Gnaphalieae
Synonyms	Leontopodium sachalinense Miyabe & Kudô
Habitat	dry, rocky slopes
Altitude	700-2300m
Description	leaves sessile, lanceolate, acute, abaxially densely cinereous-tomentose, bracts 5-8, ovate, loosely arranged, abaxially yellow tomentose, smaller than upper stem leaves
Size	10-55cm
Color	yellowish
Bloom	summer
Ca
Type	tuft
Cultivation	sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagation	seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
Territory	Asia-Temperate China (China South-Central , China North-Central , China Southeast ) Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	ASTERACEAE Leontopodium japonicum Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 178 (1866) 700-2300m ============================================================================= japonicum typicum ined. Synonyms: Gnaphalium sieboldianum Franch. & Sav. Leontopodium sachalinense Miyabe & Kudô c. & s. China, Japan, Korea 36 CHC CHN CHS 38 JAP KOR japonicum microcephalum Hand.-Mazz., Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 44(2): 67 (1927) Synonyms: Leontopodium microcephalum (Hand.-Mazz.) Y.Ling, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10(2): 173 (1965) c. & e. China 36 CHN CHS 800-1700m japonicum perniveum (Honda) Kitam., Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ. ser. B, Biol. 13: 229 (1937) Basionym: Leontopodium perniveum Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 374 (1932) Japan (Honshu) 38 JAP japonicum saxatile Y.S.Chen, Fl. China 20-21: 783 (2011) se. China 36 CHS 1000-1800m japonicum shiroumense Nakai ex Kitam., Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ. ser. B, Biol.. 13: 229 (1937) Japan (Honshu) 38 JAP japonicum spathulatum (Kitam.) Murata, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 16: 100 (1956) Basionym: Leontopodium spathulatum Kitam., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 2(3): 176 (1933) c. & s. Japan 38 JAP