| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Phagnalon niveum Edgew. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 68 (1846) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to w. Tibet and Nepal |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 600-3000m |
| Description | leaves 2-4cm long, linear-oblong or elliptic, entire or shallowly dentate, abaxially densely white lanate, subglabrous adaxially, capitula 8-12mm, involucre purple |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Phagnalon acuminatum Aitch. Phagnalon denticulatum Decne. ex C.B.Clarke |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |