| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Leontopodium calocephalum (Franch.) Beauverd trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, sér. 2, 1: 189 (1909) |
| Native Range | c. China to e. Qinghai |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 2600-4200m |
| Description | basal leaves densely crowded, ovate or narrower, stem leaves persistent, ovate to lanceolate, adaxially grey to glabrous, abaxially lanate, bracteate heads 7-10cm acros |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai) |