| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Omalotheca supina (L.) DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Synonyms | Gnaphalium supinum L. |
| Gnaphalium fuscum Scop. | |
| Gnaphalium pusillum Haenke | |
| Habitat | snow patches |
| Altitude | 200-3400m |
| Description | leaves oblong-lanceolate, uninerved, white lanate, inflorescence spherical or shortly spicate, phyllaries brown |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellowish |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | - |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Fřroyar , Great Britain , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , East European Russia , North European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , West Siberia ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Turkey ) China (Xinjiang ) Mongolia Northern America Subarctic America (Greenland ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Québec ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine , New Hampshire , Vermont) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ASTERACEAE
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